Law enforcement officials estimate that tens of thousands of gangs are active across the United States, ranging from ...

Law enforcement agencies estimate that tens of thousands of gangs operate across the United States today. These groups range from street gangs and prison gangs to organized criminal networks.

The Trump administration is escalating efforts to crack down on gangs that move illicit drugs into the United States, with deadly military strikes at sea and measures to toughen up borders taking ...

Anyone who has followed the devastating violence in California’s prisons knows that gang rivalries trigger a lot of the bloodshed. So it stood to reason that if the authorities could get members to ...

A system designed to protect state inmates has led to increased violence involving so-called ‘dropout’ gangs of prisoners who have defected from other groups. Authorities say one group, the Riders, ...

Although some people choose to be outcasts of society, others are forced. Beginning in our early years, most of us want to ‘fit in' with our peers and be a part of a group. In order to do so we look, ...