(For now, the rise of rural gangs does not include African-American gangs, which remain based in large and midsize urban areas.)

Its subjects include gangs, teenage pregnancy, poetry and school problems.

Looters included gangs of gunmen, and gunfire was heard in parts of the city.

Then, as now, in the Bensonhurst and Coney Island housing projects, real life includes poverty, gangs, crime, drugs and guns.

The criminals, both foreign and homegrown, include gangs, embezzlers and, on occasion, money launderers, according to investigators and public records.

For example, some large social groups may include clubs, co-workers, religious groups, professional organizations, sports teams, and gangs.

Factors contributing to the majority of crime include rival gangs, drug locations, and ethnic diversity among African Americans, Czechs, and other immigrants.

Other sources claimed include criminal gangs in Iran, Russia, China or Syria.

Other security concerns faced by schools include bomb threats, gangs, vandalism, and bullying.

Or should the national image be modified to include binge-drinkers, teenage gangs and soccer hooligans - the standard-bearers of a darker post-industrial Britain?