ABSTRACT
The young gangsters’ crimes are nearly always marked by a complete lack of social sense, and it is that which makes it so difficult to bring any moral appeal home to them. The aim of both gangs was the same, they wanted to stage a train-wreck so that they could enjoy the thrill of it. The young gangsters, as they grow up, may learn out of self-defence to conform outwardly to the more obvious standards of society, but the reform is no more than skin deep. Anti-social the young gangsters might be in respect of the community at large, and of neighbouring groups, within the circle of their own gang they were loyal, law-abiding, sporting, generous, and trustworthy. The tentative extension of this personal gang morality to the outside world came about in an interesting way.
