According to research by experts in Federation Society, they believe that children living in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods find it difficult to have viable paths forward into adulthood compared to those in better-off environments.
Either as blue-collar workers or gang members.
Joining a criminal gang becomes one of their few available options.
From youth gangs to joining organized gangs, this criminal culture accompanies them throughout their growth, ingraining into their very being, linking their perhaps short lives inseparably to crime.
Even if a few manage not to join a criminal gang, they cannot sever their connection and relationship with such gangs because it's part of their life.
In fact, in such an underclass society, their criminal experience and gang status often become the measure of whether someone is considered successful.
It's frustrating, but life is like this; no door opens just because someone tries a little harder.
