GANGS

How do I know if my son/daughter is in a gang?

Things to look for:

• Wearing one specific color, or combination of colors, i.e. blue and grey, black and grey, black and white, red and grey, etc.

• Tilting hats to the side, wearing bandanas

• Gang graffiti on notebooks, personal belongings

• Defensiveness about how they spend their time and who they spend their time with

• Alienating themselves from family, school, church involvement
  
  (Source: http://www.gangstyle.com/gangs_parents_questions.php)

Gang related clothing and styles

Boys

• Shaved, bald head or extremely short hair

• White oversized T-shirts creased in the middle

• White athletic-type undershirts

• Oversized shirts usually worn buttoned to the top and untucked

• Oversized Dickies, Ben Davis or Jeans

• Pants worn low, or sagging and cuffed inside at the bottom or dragging on the ground

• Cut off under-the-knee, short pants worn with knee-high socks

• A predominance of dark or dull clothing, or clothing of one particular color

• Black stretch belts with chrome or silver gang initial belt buckle

Girls

• Exaggerated use of mousse, gel or baby oil on hair

• Black or dark clothing and shoes

• Black oversized jackets, sweatshirts, athletic football jerseys, etc.

• Oversized shirts worn outside of the pants

• Oversized white T-shirts

• Baggy, long pants dragging on the ground

• Heavy make-up, dark excessive eye shadow, shaved eyebrows, dark lipstick, dark fingernail polish

• Tank tops or revealing blouses

• Overalls not fastened

(Source: http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/prevention/clothing.html)

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