This document discusses gangs and delinquency based on several experts' theories and research findings. It describes gang characteristics such as their ethnicity, gender, and duration of membership. Gangs are involved in general delinquency, violence, drug use, and drug trafficking. Factors contributing to gang involvement include community, family, schools, deviant peer relationships, and prior deviance. Motivations for joining gangs include family/friends being members and seeking protection, fun, or action. Gang membership can lead to poor school performance, early dating, criminal beliefs, and issues later in life like teen pregnancy and unstable employment. Approaches to addressing gangs involve prevention, reform, and suppression.