2. Why do gangs exist in New Zealand?

3. How And Why Join A Gang? How to join Why Join Made to do dangerous, violent acts to prove they are worthy of belonging. Their family and community neglected them. May have to run across a busy road or steal from a shop. Children from non functioning families join to feel loved. They feel like they have power and make people fear them. To test how loyal a person will be in the future.

4. Gang Identity Have their own way of indentifying each other. They have hand signs. Different ways of dressing. Gang names.

5. Structure Of Gangs

6. Rituals And Types Of Gangs Hanging around Black power Violence Have you seen this before? Mongrel Mob Drug dealing Nomads Extortion Robbery/theft Setting fires Graffiti/vandalism

7. Gang Signs

8. Are All Gangs Bad? Not all gangs are bad. ‘Gang’ can also mean a group of people. ? Being in a gang is different to hanging with friends.

9. Cartoon Violence Makes children more aggressive. Animated shows are usually more aggressive. Most kids like aggressive and violent shows. Children mimic the cartoons.

10. Video games Movies Death race COD (Call of duty) Grand theft auto Bad boys The it House of dead Tekken Ninja assassin Other Violent Influences

11. References http://www.police.govt.nz/service/cib/organised_crime.html http://www.police.govt.nz/service/cib/organised_crime.html http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1642123,00.html http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/questions/index?qid=20080724154033AArmoj2 Looking at gangs, Julie Johnson, 2009, Wayland Gangs and violence, Gus Gedatus, 2000, Capstone Press Why do people join gangs? , Julie Johnston, 2001, White Thomson publishing Ltd Websites: Books:

12. This is why Gangs exist in New Zealand.