Another survey was conducted in the state of Virginia in 1996. The survey illustrated that forty-one percent of youth have been involved with a gang or had at some time participated in crime that was devised by a gang of some kind. ... If some juveniles are joining crime driven groups and participating in criminal activity for fun, then it can be inferred that they do not take the punishments for those crimes seriously. ... Those juveniles are willing to pay the price so they can have illegal fun. ...

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