TU tuesday-Crime

Times Union Article
http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Alleged-gang-member-enters-plea-in-NM-shooting-3404078.php

Research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang#Motives

http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/background-gang-violence




Question: Who is typically more prone to join a gang?
Gangs target and are made up mostly of individuals who live in poor urban communities, as well as obtaining considerable power in the Third World. The shooting reported in the article took place in Bloomfield, I discovered that Bloomfield is an Urban/Suburban community. According to my second research article "Gangs are also proliferating in rural and suburban areas of the country..." Also socio economics can play a role in who joins a gang. "Ethnic solidarity is a common factor in gangs" According to my research black and hispanic gangs became increasingly common during the 60's and 70's.
So to answer my question the most "at risk" people to join a gang would be one living in a poor urban community, and or the third world, who is surrounded by other Gang members.