Macro Factors That Influence Teenagers With Gangs

Overall, three macro factors that influence teenagers to associate themselves with gangs are the community, education and poverty. Using the social disorganization we can see how these causes actually aid in criminal behaviour. The four aspects that were particularly looked at from social disorganization theory were; low income status, which can be associated with poverty and the community, and if people tend to grow up in a neighbourhood with low income status or have low income families, they are probable to engage in criminal behaviour. The other aspect that also relates to community is highly mobile residents moving in and out of the area. The third aspect; a mixture of different ethnic groups. This can be related to education, since schools