Street Gangs—Future Paramilitary Groups?

Is it possible that street gangs' engaging in such activity looms on the horizon? A lthough it is unlikely that they w ould act on a political agenda, the em erging patterns are all too familiar. The expanding presence of street gangs in the U nited States can be linked both to m ilitary trends in the non-W estern w orld and to future w arfighting concerns — particularly in terms of the disruption of a society's social organization. One im portant im plication coming from recognition of these trends is that the concept of terrorism itself is being reevaluated by scholars.