The little village community has become accustomed too many negative cultures and it can mainly be due to the lack of positive leadership. This issue is important because not a lot of people know how to react to gang violence, Gang violence is “A street gang can be described as a group of individuals who share a unique name or symbol, attempt to control certain territory ("turf") in a community and engage in a variety of violent or illegal behaviors that affect the general population (vandalism, drug dealing, assaults, drive-by shootings).” According to “National Gang Center” The first active gangs in Western civilization were reported by Pike (1873, pp. 276–277), a widely respected chronicler of British crime. He documented the existence of gangs of highway robbers in England during the 17th century this website also states “ “that similar gangs might well have existed in our mother country much earlier, perhaps as early as the 14th or even the 12th century”.In this website is speaks that spoke about that in Los Angeles where this gang violence had started “A 1991 telephone survey by the Department of Justice of California law enforcement gang units, with the exception of those in Los Angeles County. The survey indicated approximately 50,000 gang members in California, exclusive of Los Angeles County”. This page explains how this gang violence had got worse throughout the years “Today, they are bigger and more dangerous than any time before.”“Many times children feel they have no choice. They may prefer to not become a gang member but they cannot see any other way to avoid the situation. Children may be living in fear on a daily basis and see joining a gang as a solution to problems. The pressure to join a gang may be very strong. Parents must provide children with a safe loving home environment plus help them get to school safely. It is also the parents' responsibility to see that school is a safe place to learn and play.” Not a lot of kids get that nowadays this is the is the issue that leads to kids get into gang violence at a young age.