Document. 3-page article on gangs and juvenile delinquency. ~ Gordon discusses the increased atrocities of gang violence as well as the common sociological explanation of a deprived environment, saying that this is an incomplete answer. He offers his own explanation that gang violence and deliquency is an over-acceptance and distortion of common societal values. For example, societal acceptance of international warfare and the "sex and fun" messages of advertising and entertainment. He claims that the terror of street gangs is one that has been fashioned in the image of our value system. ~ The Commonweal~ 302-304