Youngsters from dysfunctional broken backgrounds who join gangs are like child soldiers in the third world who seek companionship and role models, according to Ian Duncan Smith. Speaking at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester today, he told delegates that gang members were seeking a sense of belonging. He said: 'Many young gang members drift in from dysfunctional broken backgrounds, in search of a place to belong, a perverse kind of family, others through fear of retribution.
