We read:
"Youths who hang around committing crime and anti-social behaviour should not be described as gangs, the Youth Justice Board said today.
Using the term to describe groups of youths was "inappropriate" and could actually make their activities worse, a major study on gangs suggested.
Instead of the phrase "gang-related" the report used the term "group-related", although it declined to coin a new definition of what constituted a gang.
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