Did you know that 90% of street gang members are boys? And that girls as young as 11 are being invited to join street gangs?

A street gang is a group of individuals, usually teens and young adults, who use group intimidation to regularly commit violent criminal acts.

Street gang leaders model the easy life for young teens who want to join them: lots of money, plenty of beautiful girls, power and control over a section of the city. But most street gang members who choose to leave a gang talk more about the spiral of violence they got caught up in. In the beginning, they don't see how far things will go, but they get pushed to commit worse and worse actions.

Montréal's street gangs

How to get out

Testimony

The escalation of violence in street gangs looks like this: