Suppose you have been hired as an urban planner for the city of Los Angeles. How could you arrange to meet the needs that gangs fulfill in ways that minimize violence and encourage youth to follow mainstream norms?
Using your textbook and additional resources, write a two-three page paper addressing the issues of Gangs in America.
Be certain to use all three major sociological theories - functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism - in your analysis. Explain deviance such as street gangs from all three of the main sociological perspectives.