Where did gangs start?

Answer 1

However, the word "gangster" wasn't coined until 1896.

The word first appeared in a newspaper in Columbus, Ohio, in April of that year.

The word "Mobster" didn't appear until 1917, although the word "mob" first showed up in the 17th century, from mobile magus, Latin for "the fickle crowd".

Answer 2

gangs usually form because the people in it come from abusive households or just bad environments. they join because the want to have the feeling of family and/or brotherhood. in most cases the just want to feel accepted and protected.

Answer 3

People join street gangs for a number of reasons. Some might join a gang because their family and or friends were or are still in the gang. Some might join because they wanna fit in, they wanna make friends maybe because they don't already have any, some might not have a family at all, and are just looking for a sense of belonging. There's people who get picked on and bullied, so they join a gang for protection, there's people who join a gang to make money so they can buy the things they can't already afford. Some people get peer pressured into joining gangs, some people join gangs because their boyfriend or girlfriend is in the gang, & some people join gangs just because they're curious as to how the gang life really is, there's a series of reasons as to why someone would wanna join a gang.

Answer 4

To conquer and threaten either local businesses, neighboorhoods, or groups of people in order to protect or facilitate illegal activities. It's all power grabbing. I guess to answer a question with another question; Why do countries set up soverign nations, and why have radical leaders collected people to conquer the world? I know it's a bit of a grandiose comparison, but a comparison none the less.

Answer 5

because people like homosexualality

Answer 6