verb (used with object) 1. to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy. 2. to remove or correct defects or errors in.
Today, the Chicago Police Department is doing something similar with gangs. Using a tool academics call ânetwork analysis,â the CPD is mapping the relationships among Chicagoâs 14,000 most active gang members. Itâs also ranking how likely those people are to be involved in a homicide, either as victims or offenders.
Estimates put the prison gang population at 803 members, 900 associates, 325 inactive members and 1,050 dropouts. The first of the gangs to appear in the state system was the Mexican Mafia (La EME), which was created in Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy in the late 1950s.