In this chapter we deal with gangs poverty and the future. James Virgil examines urban street gangs in the context of the neighborhoods where chicanos and the other ethnic groups are encounted in Los angeles CA. James has been examining the spanish neighborhoods of Los Angeles for thirty years. He suggests early prevention tactics are likely to be more beneficial and less costly.
Virgil learned that street gangs are the offspring of margilization. The effects of poverty in children's lives are clear, what they learn in streets shapes and molds them in powerful ways. The children of the poor are put at risk by factors over which they have no control : their family's living conditions, work conditions, work situations and also health problems.
With such structural barriers firmly in place , some young people learn to pursue alternative opportunity paths , many of which are illegal. Large Scale societal forces lead to economical instability and employment barriers, the fragmentation of social control material impoverishment and psychological strains among large segments of ethnic communities in Los Angeles.
Law enforcement and suppression already overtaxed as solution to a problem they did noy start,are having only moderate and uneven success in addressing the gang problems.Virgil states that it makes no difference how many jails we will build , are set aside for each new gang the current strategy has failed. What is needed today to address the gang problems and related social problems is a balance of prevention, intervention, and law enforcements.
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