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A 2009 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report, released only to law enforcement, found gang activity in schoolyards across the state, reports The Tennessean in the second in a series. Local gang recruitment efforts are part of a national problem on the rise this decade, says the 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment. The gangs instigate fights, frighten and intimidate students, and disrupt normal activities. In some schools, classroom instruction has been lost to the threat of violence and resulting grief when violence occurs. In other schools, gangs are not on the radar until something happens. (more…)

Overwhelmed police officers admit gangs have taken hold in all corners of Tennessee to sell drugs, steal, and kill, reports The Tennessean in the first of a series. What was once largely an urban crisis has spread to suburban and rural communities. The gangs are no longer just graffiti-spraying  delinquents. They are armed and dangerous criminal enterprises that recruit young people with the allure of fast money, street status, and a sense of belonging — even if the group they join may get them killed or sent to prison. (more…)

Policy Analyst, Corrections Statistics Program

Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice

810 7th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20531

PH: 202-353-2132

FX: 202-514-1757

christopher.mumola@usdoj.gov

Press office contact, Kara McCarthy.  She can be reached at Kara.McCarthy@usdoj.gov or at 202-307-1241.

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