Gangs emerged in the mid-1800s in the Cardinal direction, using them as a method of defending themselves against outsiders. The idea of ​​gangs has become popular, powerful, and widely influential. But like all powers, they tend to corrupt and view violence as a way to get what they want faster than other methods. They turn violence into entertainment, profit and control. Creating a situation that affects young people in today's society. After the American Revolution in 1783, gangs began to appear. In 1826, the Northeast region was the first to have a well-organized gang formed in the Rosana Peer Green Grocery in New York. Shortly after African American and Latino migrants, black gangs began to appear in the 1950s, as well as the emergence of non-Puerto Rican Asian gangs in the 1980s. In Chicago's Midwest region, white immigrants developed street gangs including Irish, Germans, and Lithuanians to terrorize African American communities, which became a race riot. Mexican-American gangs quickly became popular in the 1950s. In the 1970s, street gangs emerged in working-class neighborhoods in California. In the 1980s, gangs began dealing in crack cocaine trafficking and use. The southern region had no gang-type activity, only in Miami and San Antonio in 1980. According to statistics, the city's criminal street gangs have a total of 65,271 members, with an increase of 242 in March 1998. Approximately 34% of deaths between 2010 and 2011 and a total of 32,000 gun deaths per year in the United States. About 60% are suicides and 80% are homicides (gun-related), because half of U.S. citizens own a gun. As for other countries, Japan has a suicide rate twice that of the United States. Britain, Canada, Denmark, etc. have the same suicide rates as the...... middle of article...... putting gun death statistics into perspective fire. " About. About.com, 2014. Web. January 30, 2014. “History of Gangs in the United States' Sagepub. Sage Publications, nd Web. February 17, 2014 “New Century Foundation Oakton”. The color of crime. Second extended edition, 2005.Web. February 3, 2014. “Organizations Dedicated to Gang Resistance.” Organizations dedicated to gang resistance. Np, and Web. February 17, 2014. Poverts. np, 2014. Web. January 21, 2014. “Preventing Gang Joining.” » Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention, November 19, 2013. Web. February 17, 2014. Gantdgs Or Us by Robert Walker. Robert Walker, October 15, 2013. Web. February 3, 2014. Los Angeles Police Department. City of Los Angeles, 2014. Web. January 28, 2014. United States Department of Justice. United States Department of Justice, 2014. Web. January 28 2014.