Afraid Quote by Chris Grayling

Part of the reason young people are getting involved with gangs, leading to the use of guns and knives, is not the lack of…

— Chuka Umunna

The root causes of the gang culture lie right across the policy spectrum - but they can all be found in the same areas…

— Chris Grayling

The truth is that those who join gangs - more often than not they are young men in their later teens - often do…

— Chris Grayling

Knife crime and gun crime is poverty-driven, and poverty leads to insecurity.

— Emmanuel Jal

So many kids that we label as 'thugs' and 'criminals' are often those same kids that end up in circumstances that are out of…

— Rick Famuyiwa

Gangs have always existed - they are primarily a community a young men trying to find intensity, meaning, a path to the outer world…

— Luis J. Rodriguez

Gangs are formed by kids who want love.

— Charlie Murphy

“Here are some reasons kids join gangs. You tell me which might be applicable here.” The list included: looking for a sense of respect…

— Kathryn Shay

Society has to take the glory out of guns. Young people have no business carrying a gun. I would love to speak bluntly to…

— David Berkowitz

The gang culture - tragically - has for some young people become the only source of stability in their lives.

— Chris Grayling

One of the differences between boy gangs and girl gangs is for girls it's much more relational and much less violent.

— Meda Chesney-Lind

Gangs exist when there are lots of empties in a person, in family, in community. It points out how we need to do more…

— Luis J. Rodriguez