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Street gangs in today's society are not only a national problem, but an international problem as well. Gangs are known to exist in Canada, Mexico, and Central and South American countries. Also countries such as Jamaica, New Zealand and South Africa. European countries, such as England, Poland, Germany, are not exempt either.

Historically, in the United States, gangs have been active in the nation’s largest cities, with Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia being identified as major gang cities. Over the last 25 years, however, gangs have migrated out of traditional large gang cities and into mid-sized cities, suburban areas, and even small towns and rural communities.

Too often the phrase, “We don’t have gangs in our community” is uttered by the city fathers, the police, the chamber of commerce or the tourist bureau. This phrase is frequently followed by, “All we have are a bunch of wannabes.” The inference here is that since the gangs in the community didn’t originate in Los Angeles or Chicago, they aren’t real gangs. Nothing could be further from the truth. If a group of youths in your community have banned together and call themselves by a particular name; if they use signs, symbols and or colors; and if they are committing crimes; they are a gang – regardless of what members of the community say.

The many pages found on this web site are designed to assist law enforcement, parents, teachers, and concerned citizens in identifying gangs and gang members. Obviously, not every gang, or their signs, symbols, colors, tattoos, etc can be found here. There is however, all the information needed to see the similarity of those identifiers to make a determination that a gang may be in their neighborhood or that their child or student is involved in gang activity.

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Gangs OR Us has been on line since 1999.  On this site you will find more than sixty (60) pages containing over 1200 well organized external links to other sites. You will also find information from my own experience and training that will assist in providing you with some of the indicators of the presence of gangs. In addition to the identifiers, you will also find pages on street gangs, prison gangs, female gangs, state gang statutes, court decisions, research links, and more.

WARNING; Some of the external links on this site, particularly the videos, are very graphic and may contain very violent scenes and/or vulgar or profane language.  Gangs OR Us has no control over the content found in these links.

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