Many teens join gangs because they do not have a safe family or home. Twenty-one percent of teens say that a family member that lives in the home has a crack or heroin addiction. Fifty-two percent of young teens report being sexually abused (Miller 2). Many teens do not join gangs because their friends do. Instead they join gangs in replacement for a family because they feel that gangs give them the support and stability a ‘real’ family can.
Parental involvement is extremely important and needed during teen years. The National Crime Prevention council says, “Parents not only influence their own children’s choice to join a gang, they can also be agents of prevention in the neighborhood.” Some kids do not have two
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