Abstract
For this report, I chose to study Mexico. I think this country is one of the best examples concerning gang culture. Indeed, this problem isn't a problem of the past, but is a current problem.
In the beginning of the twentieth century, the USA banned opium consumption. That permitted the development of gangs in Mexico, the main border country with the US, and the main supplier of drugs and others illegal products. An increase of gangs after the Second World War was notified. Then, the start of lots of other gangs led to the birth of huge criminality. Especially with lots of people dying in the country, the situation took another direction. Thus, the government with the new President Felipe Calderon elected in 2006 has decided to stop this gang culture.
Now we can talk about the current actuality and different problems inside the country. Thus, we can separate the problems of the country concerning several aspects:
•The major gangs could be classified as "generational" gangs, indeed lots of families have belonged to those gangs. It is not unusual for a young person to be in a gang which his father or his uncle was part of.
•In prisons, there is a development of gangs. With the example of the prison system in California, it is responsible for the development of gangs and has led to the development of the Mexicana Mafia.
