CRIME: Gangs

"The Cat's Alleys," the Degraw Street Gang, the Sackett Street gang, "The Harrisons," the Bush Street Gang, and 21 other boys' gangs were the subjects of a report of the New York State Crime Commission which told, last week, of its findings in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. The Red Hook section was chosen because the percentage of juvenile delinquencies is five times as high there as in any other Brooklyn territory.

The boys who comprise the gangs have to undergo rigorous initiations before being qualified for membership. In one of the...

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