The Cape’s youth gangs: Bigger, deeper, more dangerous (South Africa)
It seems as if this article could be written in almost any country, and the causes of boys and girls joining gangs are the same. In this case, Shawn Swingler reports from South Africa's Daily Maverick: [ Major General Jeremy Vearey, Provincial Commander of Operation Combat] argues that a combination of drugs, lack of safe common spaces, and the intergenerational transmission of violence lead to the creation of teen gangsters. He also argues that children often look to emulate their...