What are some parental strategies to combat gangs?
• More recreational and leisure-time activities for youngsters. • A crackdown and tougher law enforcement against gang activities in the community. • Stepped up effort to dry up the chief source of gang money and DRUGS. • Increased parental supervision of children, their activities, and their friends. • Collaborative efforts between police, community residents, and young people. What are some community anti-gang strategies? • Build methods of disseminating advice/information on dealing with gangs to youths and parents. • Enact ordinances for school board, city, and state that make it a felony for gangs to recruit in school or intimidate youngsters to join a gang. • Support initiatives that provide for a rich assortment of extracurricular programs for kids and the incentives for them to participate in them. • Organize/support workshops on street gangs to be taught to parents, grandparents, and guardians of school-age children. • Provide public seminars on “street gangs” throughout the y
