Respond to the Chapter 7 Discussion Topics Question #6Q #6: Compared with other regions, cities in the West are most likely to report chronic gang
activity, cities in the Northeast are most likely to report emerging gang activity, cities in the
Midwest are most likely to report contracting gang activity, and cities in the South are most
likely to report variable gang activity, although there is considerable variability across
jurisdictions within regions. Search your local newspaper(s) for the term gang problem and read
news reports over the past few years on street gang activity in your area. Does the pattern of
gang activity/gang problems reported in these media stories comport with the modal pattern for
your region identified in the NYGS? Why or why not?
Use the following to build your response:
Here is the NYGS data for you to find your area: National Youth Gang
Surveys: https://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/survey-analysis
Here is the school’s Los Angeles Times library link for you to conduct your local
newspaper search: https://search.proquest.com/latimes/index?accountid=10347 (feel free
to use another search engine)
(or Go to the school’s main page and access the library site by selecting the Academic tab at the
top of the page and then scroll down to University Library: https://www.csudh.edu/)
Then select Journals and Magazines option, search for your local paper like LA Times, then
search for gang or gangs and enter your area or city or local gang
Requirements for the assignment:
1. Be a 300+ word descriptive analysis, based on course content and reflect understanding
of week readings.
a. correctly apply applicable course vocabulary words (concepts) (3 minimum),
b. correctly apply sociological theory within your response: define it, and then apply
within response.