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Cultural Diversity for the Criminal Justice Professional discussion Week 11: Week Eleven - Class Discussion NOTE You must not copy and paste information. Do not copy or paste information / Please ……. (In your own words, referencing) Your own words, referencing Only 100 words  Only 100 words Instructional Objectives for this activity:Analyze various issues in reducing hate crimes and gang activity.Most of us in the United States have heard of well-known gangs such as Hell's Angels and The Outlaws motorcycle gangs. Law enforcement is making contact with new gangs weekly, and most departments have developed a gang task force just to monitor these groups. Please respond to all of the following: Research at least two gangs that are in your local area, and provide information regarding their membership and criminal activity. What are at least two ways that law enforcement can reduce gang activity? What ways can law enforcement reach out to the youth to reduce gang membership? Read Chapter 14, "Community Policing and Multicultural Response Strategies for Gangs, the Homeless, and the Mentally Ill," pages 429-461 Types of gangs and criminal activity: In 1982, only 27 percent of U.S. cities with populations of 1000,000 or more had a reported gang problem (Miller, 1982). In the mid01980s criminal gangs started expanding from urban ciites to suburban area TO RURAL America. The following information provided by the U.S. Department of Justice National Gang Intelligence Center’s (NGIC) National Gang Threat Assessment shows the more recent relative increases in gang numbers (NGIC, 2009): TYPES OF GANGS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY: In 2008, 58 percent of state and local law enforcement agencies reported that criminal gangs were active in their jurisdictions, command with 45 percent in 2004. Approximately 1 million gang members, belonging to more than 20,000 gangs across all the 50 states and the District of Columbia, were criminally active in 20008. From 2005 to...