Thursday, November 15, 2012

Gangs Affecting Society

Gangs are everywhere. Their violence affects everyone, for people in neighborhoods, to communities, and businesses all around the world. The general public is facing the critical social economic issue of gang violence. In the world there are now over 1.4 million different gangs with more than 250,000 members. Gang violence has consequences. Some of the consequences of gang violence are medical, personal, and financial. Americans are estimated to pay the cost of 655 billion dollars each year do the Gang violence. Businesses and communities have at least 100 million dollars each year stolen form them by Gangs. A solution to solving Gang violence is to educate people about prevention to gang violence.

"Prevention Works: Impact of Gang Violence on Businesses and Communities."
Prevention Works. N.P., 12 Apr. 2011. Web. 1 Nov. 2012.
<http://ncpc.typepad.com/prevention_works_blog/2012/04/impact-of-gang-violence-on-businesses-communities.html.>

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