NCJ Number
239334
Journal
Journal of Gang Research Volume: 19 Issue: 4 Dated: Summer 2012 Pages: 1-20
Date Published
2012
Length
20 pages
Annotation
This article examines the possibility for high intensity gang violence to challenge state structures and pose a threat to the stability of the country.
Abstract
This essay briefly recounts the evolution of the gangs that occupy failed communities and States, further discusses and updates the model of third generation street gangs discussed in an earlier Journal of Gang Research article - typically described simply as third generation gangs (3 GEN Gangs), and suggests strategies for coping with and mitigating this evolved form of gang violence. Of note is the lack of impact 3 GEN Gangs studies have had on domestically focused U.S. academic gang research while, at the same time, becoming a dominant model in use by defense analysts and scholars focusing on increasingly politicized non-State threat groups including heavily armed Latin American gang. (Published Abstract)