Gangs Around the World
General Overview of Gangs
Types of Gangs:
Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13)
Los Zetas
The Yakuza
STATISTICS
- The most recent estimate of more than 30,000 gangs represents a 15 percent increase from 2006 and is the highest annual estimate since 1996.
- Following a yearly decline from 1996 to a low in 2003, annual estimates steadily increased through 2012.
- If this continues to happen the worlds crime rate will increase and there will be more assassinations in the world then there already is.
- Most of the worlds gangs are present in larger cities and the least in suburban counties.
GANGS AND GLOBALIZATION
Globalization
Theories of Globalization
Effects of Gangs
Issues Caused by Gangs
Changing this Issue
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