Introduction The Existence of Gangs at School

Chapter IV Results and Discussion

A. Introduction

This chapter contains detailed presentation of results, findings and discussion for this study. All the data collected were analyzed but only those ones that directly satisfy the objectives of this study and thus answer the research statement are presented and discussed here.

B. The Existence of Gangs at School

The phenomenon related to gang is already familiar in other countries while in Indonesia it may not be really well-known. Actually the acts impacted by it have already occurred, but we don’t really recognize them. Gang-fight, for instance, already occurred among students and society. Not only that, students often do delinquency in a group; they smoke, are off school, play card or chess at school hours, and are in play station at school hours together with friends. To know exactly whether gang exists at school, the writer gave questionnaires to 209 students. The students who were given the questionnaires are some students who represented each high school in South Tangerang. Table 1 : Distribution of students’ opinion or perception concerning the existence of Gangs at school. The Existence of Gangs at School Frequency Percentage Not at all 32 15 Significant 177 85 Total 209 100 43 Table 1 above shows that 15 of respondents reported that they did not notice any existence of gangs at their school while 85 of them asserted that there has been significant existence respectively. That is to say, majority of students recognize that gang exists at school. The writer also interviewed with eleven counselors regarding with the gang existence, from his interview only two of them didn’t notice or recognize this existence while most of them accurately noticed it. That is to say that according to their school control, they couldn’t deny its existence. The following table is students’ admittance in committing in a gang based on questionnaires given to 209 students. Table 2 : Distribution of students’ admittance in committing in a gang Male Female Students’ Admittance Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage Gang members 43 40 34 33 Non-Gang Members 63 60 69 67 Total 106 100 103 100 The table above showed that 40 of male students and 33 of female students joint in gang while 60 and 67 were not interested in joining in it. Although the percentage of gang members is lower than that of non-gang members, it doesn’t mean we let it through. We should be aware of their existence because it may increase the amount, influence bad impacts, and inactivate school activity. In this study, the 40 and 33 will lead us to indicate the bad impacts of joining in gang on gang members’ school performance, being described in next subtopic. 44

C. The Factors of Gang Appearance