Gangs in ChicagoChicago was described by a 2011 law enforcement report as "the most gang -occupied city in the United States," with 150,000 gang-affiliated residents, [1] representing more than 100 gangs. [2] Gangs were responsible for 61% of the homicides in Chicago in 2011.
Instead of focusing on tactics to uproot what are in many cases nonexistent gang structures, intervention programs need to promote a “cultural switch” to community-oriented values in order to address existing codes of “hypermasculinity” and combat violent retaliation.
A model of the development of two types of violent gangs is presented. Data on the scope and seriousness of the gang problem in Chicago, community characteristics associated with the issue, and the integrative and segmentive nature of violent gangs are provided.
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· This report shares insights from “The Fracturing of Gangs Conference,” held at the Great Cities Institute in Spring 2018.
