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  Gangs, CWI, and the 21st Century
     The scourge of Gangs in our cities and towns is a clear and present danger that now touches every person in this country.  These gangs adversely impact the quality of Your life, with violence, drugs, and associated criminal activities which can at some time involve you, your child, your cousin, your niece, your parents, even your neighbors.

     To ensure and enhance public awareness, CWI, Crossroads Wilderness Institute is providing this section on Gang activity and how to recognize it's appearance in your house or your neighborhood.  In addition, we are providing links to better help you find the information and assistance to increase your awareness concerning this topic.

     Additional Gang Information can be found at the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.
 
Gangs - From Wikipedia, the on-line encyclopedia

     A gang is a group of individuals who share a common identity and, in current usage, engage in illegal activities. Historically the term referred to both criminal groups and ordinary groups of friends, such as Our Gang. Some anthropologists believe that the gang structure is one of the most ancient forms of human organizations.
     Some commentators use "gang" to refer to small, informal, and disorganized "street gangs", while "syndicate" or "organized crime" are used to refer to larger, more powerful organizations, such as the Italian-American Mafia, which may control entire legitimate businesses as "fronts" for their illegal operations.
&     The word "gang" generally appears in a pejorative context, though within "the gang" itself members may adopt the phrase in proud identity or defiance.

Gang activities

     Most commonly, the word "gang" refers to street gangs or sometimes "youth gangs", groups who take over territory or "turf" in a particular city and are often involved in "providing protection", often a thin cover for extortion, as the "protection" is usually from the gang itself, or in other criminal activity. Since roughly the 1970s, street gangs have been strongly connected with drug sales (especially crack cocaine). Some commit burglaries, car theft, and armed robbery. Most members retain their gang affiliations when sent to prison (see prison gang). Many gangs use fronts to demonstrate influence and gain revenue in a particular area. These clandestine bases may include restaurants, bars, casinos, race tracks, strip clubs, or other business.
     Gangs often spread by a parent or family moving out of the gang neighborhood, and the children taking the gang culture and lore with them to a new area and recruiting new members for their old gang. This concept has been referred to as satellite gangs. Some very well known gangs are the California-based Crips and Bloods, or the Sureños and Norteños.
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