Solution+Research

Solution #1: Create laws for gang violence (Or ways to reduce criminal activity) > >
 * Work with the local police by establishing community patrols or a Neighborhood Watch program. Keep each other aware of graffiti, gang members and territories.
 * Offer support and counseling to victims of gangs living in the area to try to get them out of the gang.
 * Proposed laws range from treating gang houses like drug houses, subject to seizure and forfeiture, to tougher curfew laws, a minimum five-year sentence for anyone involved in a drive-by shooting and a minimum life sentence for anyone involved in a gang shooting that claims a life.
 * There had been laws from curfew measures to anti-loitering.

Solution #2: Educate kids about gangs (how to stay away from gangs and help other kids stay out of gangs).
 * Report crimes and suspicious activities to police; agree to testify when necessary.
 * Teach children how to reduce their risk of being victims of violent crime. Insist on knowing at all times where your kids are, what they are doing, and who they are with.
 * To have them stay out of gangs if to have them join an activity of some sort. If they have that on their mind then they wouldn't be thinking about gangs.
 * Tell kids that if they join a gang it's most likely that it will ruin their future.
 * Show them that they have positive support so they don't feel they need to join a gang.
 * Have your child tell you where their going and when their going to be back.
 * One person suggested giving school kids a tour of a jail to "scare them straight," and another said to start a "positive gang " with youth.
 * Tell kids if they know anything about gangs or if a gang is trying to "target" them to tell the parents or police or any adult.