Gang recruitment on Bebo
Young gangs target youths online:
Much like in America, New Zealand gangs are turning to social networking sites like Bebo and MySpace to recruit new members. Nothing I haven’t talked about before but the article gives a new insight as to some of the reasons why.
Victoria University expert on violent offending Dr Devon Polaschek said gangs depended on recruiting young members to do their “dirty work” and the internet was a way to contact youths who may not have been accessible otherwise.
“They are really quite sophisticated, there’s no shortage of intelligence there.”
Polaschek said the older gangs liked recruiting young members with no prior convictions because they received shorter sentences when they went to jail. young members with no prior convictions because they received shorter sentences when they went to jail.
Think about that the next time you let your kids roam the internet freely.
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1 opinion for Gang recruitment on Bebo
devon smith
Nov 14, 2007 at 4:13 pm
gangs are the best in p.a because tz is in pa that the best gang i seen and chad said that to tz for life
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