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While urban populations experienced the largest percentages of gang participation, suburban and rural cities also had gang participation in between 12 and 27 percent of counties (OJJDP, 2004). In 2002, it was estimated that there were 731,500 gang participants in 21,500 gangs in the United States (OJJDP, 2004)...
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While gang participation reportedly declined between 1999 and 2002, researchers argued that this was primarily due to a decline in smaller cities and rural communities, while urban populations remained consistently high (OJJDP, 2004). The following chart notes victim's perceptions of gang participants who have enacted violence: Where victims of violence lived, by their perception of gang membership of offenders, 1993-2003 Percent of victims of violence, by perceived gang membership of offender The Justice Department also assessed the nature of violence caused by the gang participants...
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