Gang Membership And Gang Affiliation

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The correctional outcome of the gang members remained somehow less developed and understudied compared to the general outcome of the affiliation in the gang, and the related statistics. “Researchers affirmed that even if it's known that there are nearly 800 000 gang members, affiliated with more than 24,5000 gangs, nationwide in 2000.” (Eagley and Arjunan, 2002) [..] only 6 percent of adult prison inmates were gang members.” ( Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1993)

From this time, and suddenly after 2007, the affiliation to the gang membership increased per 40 percent, according to an FBI report issued in 2011. “ FBI had estimated 1.4 million people engaged with gangs which occupied “more than 33,000 street, prison and outlaw motorcycle

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