Arenas of Gang Activities

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Hiding in Plain Site

Lately, not many places have been safe from gangs as they were considered safe once. Gangs do not treat any place as sacred.

·      Although we consider schools as a safe place, there are also vulnerable to gang activities.

·      Gangs consider neighborhoods as a prime location for their activities.

·      The oldest and most orthodox arena for gangs is a prison.

·      Gangs use private places to hold their meetings or planning for gang activities.

·      Apart from these places, gangs are also using public spots to carry out their activities and meeting.

A typical day

Apart from criminal activities, for a gangster, a typical day would include sleeping late, getting up late, bragging, eating, drinking, hanging out with other gang members, cracking jokes, make plans for social events, and hang around.

Talking about a gangster's non-violent criminal behavior, he/she may break the rules or laws to show his/her defiance for laws or to show their connection with gangs.

 A gangster's violent criminal behavior would include settling the gang-related affairs, try to enhance the status within the gang or outside the gang, protecting gang's territory, inducting new gang members, and of course, showing loyalty towards the gang all the time. 

The video below is a great example of different types of gang activities.