βWest Side Storyβ may be timeless, but life in gangs today differs drastically
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Gangs have changed in the decades since West Side Story first came outββthey are deadlier, and their demographics are differentββas are the means law enforcement use to control them. Sociology professor David Pyrooz and colleagues share on The Conversation.