The plan is prevention.

As I was browsing for one particular article, I stumbled upon this one instead. Unlike Stalky and Co., gangs, according to this article, operate in direct detriment to the society at large. Meaning, there is no respect for any sort of system. Instead their actions have negative impacts on the system itself. This is shown in the fact that "honest businesses" are harmed by gangs. This is important as our society is propped up by our commerce. Without it, we would lose benefits such as health care, education, and other government funded programs. The article mentions that though most reactions to gangs are responses to their actions, the article argues that prevention of gang actions is far more beneficial. Though no detail is given, they list some of these preventive measures that they believe would help.

This is what I believe is the most interesting fact about this article. The notion of prevention. The reason is of course that prevention operates not on the present but on the future. To be able to do so, assumptions on members of our society must be made. The term "at risk youth", though not mentioned in this article, is one we are all very familiar with. This term is the main focus of prevention. This is important because it singles out members of society by factors such as income, where they live, education and race. Thus the notion of prevention is not just an act to stop gang violence, but it also marginalizes members of society, as they are "different" or "vulnerable" to such a life style. So response of society to the change in the model in terms of gangs, is to attack itself and quite possibly perpetuate the cycle that has already started.
This will probably not be the final word on this subject, as it is a big one. So expect a continuation of this topic as I find more available articles.
Here is the source that I drew from in this week's post:
http://www.canada.com/northshorenews/news/story.html?id=031d5d44-2248-43b3-9bed-
617d2bb445c1