gang violence
Organized criminal brutality
Gang violence is criminal violence—shootings, assaults, killings—committed by or between street gangs.
The term appears frequently in news coverage and policy discussions about urban crime: The city has seen a spike in gang violence this year.
It often implies territorial disputes, revenge killings, or initiation rites, and may be invoked to frame certain communities as dangerous.
- homicideCausing another's death
- drive-by shootingGunfire from moving vehicle
- shootingsDischarges of firearms
- turf warsStruggles for domain control
- turf warStruggle over claimed ground
extortion · poverty · stabbings · organized crime · murder · fear · systemic inequality · retaliation · initiation · robberies · assault · street crime · drug trade · drug dealing · unemployment · territorial disputes · human trafficking · peer pressure
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- crime newscrime scene, court reporter, court reporting, breaking news, arrest report
- urban hazardspotholes, crime, traffic, accidents, sinkholes
- homicidehomicide, murder rate, murder rates, homicide rate, homicide rates
- prison riotsuprising, lockdown, inmates, guards, hostages
- social problemsinequality, racism, homelessness, poverty, injustice
gang violencepublic safety
Collective welfare from threats
peace · civil order · community safety · law and order · neighborhood safety
gang violencepeace
Freedom from disturbance
nonviolence · peacemaking · conflict resolution · reconciliation · pacifism
gang violencecivic engagement
Active citizenship in community
mutual aid · community organizing · community cooperation · youth outreach · community development