Originally posted by AThousandYoungwhat percentages?
A few are just exceptional people who will work their way up honorably...maybe first generation Americans. They don't need the police to motivate them.
Some are not willing to risk prison and death. These are the ones policing will help.
Some aren't poor enough to be driven to frustration. Some are weak or sickly. Some have no friends or f ...[text shortened]... yet. All kinds of reasons. Some grow up around the wrong ethnicity who won't accept them.
the Japanese you cited seem to be mostly old people. not really candidates for gang membership.