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Gang violence refers to mostly those illegal and non-political acts of Violence perpetrated by Gangs against innocent people, property, or other Gangs . Throughout history, such acts have been committed by gangs at all levels of organization, social class, and Race . The idea that one particular race is more often responsible for gang violence is readily shown to be a fiction by a brief historical examination. EARLY AMERICAN GANG VIOLENCE Every early American city was ravaged by gang violence at some point in its history, and it often had profound effects on the political climate and later development in general. Often, politicians themselves were involved, funding gangs to be used in violent acts against political opponents. In New York , many gangs were centered in the infamous Five Points region, and included the Bowery Boys , the Shirt Tails , and the Dead Rabbits . Aside from their regular practice of regularly killing innocent people for money, the most notorious singular violent act committed by these gangs was the New York Draft Riots of 1863. The common tools of the trade were often Blackjacks , lead pipes and daggers. Gang members could often be identified by the large Plug Hats that they would wear pulled down over their ears, usually stuffed with paper and rags to mitigate blows from attackers. In San Francisco , one of the largest and most influential gangs was the Sydney Ducks , which consisted of mostly immigrants from Australia . MODERN AMERICAN GANG VIOLENCE Modern American gangs introduced new acts of violence, which may also function as a Rite Of Passage for new gang members. Two of the better known modern American gangs are the Crips and Bloods of Los Angeles . MODERN BRITISH GANG VIOLENCE British gang violence is increasing, notable areas including Glasgow , Nottingham , and Birmingham . Manchester remains the gang capital of England. Other cities affected by gang violence include London , Bristol , Liverpool , Sheffield , Leeds , Teesside and Newcastle . Glasgow which has had gang problems for five decades is the murder capital of Western Europe, 50% of its homicides were committed with the use of a knife. There are over 200 "gangs" throughout the city. However recording of gang incidents here and knife attacks is questionable. In 2004 police recorded 404 serious knife incidents in Glasgow whilst one hospital within the city treated almost 1100 in the same period.ALSO there are more than 1 million gangs around the world EXTERNAL LINKS |
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