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  1. Gangs and Gang Crime - National Institute of Justice

    A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Scenarios and Solutions Gang Prevention Program Philosophies in Community Supervision of Gang-Involved Youth and Adults Assessing the …

  2. What Is a Gang? Definitions - National Institute of Justice

    Oct 27, 2011 · There is no universally agreed-upon definition of "gang" in the United States. Gang, youth gang and street gang are terms widely and often interchangeably used in …

  3. Gangs vs. Extremists: Solutions for Gangs May Not Work Against ...

    Oct 26, 2020 · Gang and nongang extremists were overwhelmingly third or more generation citizens, but nongang extremists were more likely to be first-generation residents than gang …

  4. Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership - National …

    Jan 1, 2019 · Arguing that many principals in schools with gang problems do not recognize or admit a problem, Gottfredson points to a large study of secondary schools that found that only …

  5. Archived | Overview of Gangs and Gang Crime - National Institute …

    Oct 27, 2011 · Gang members engage in a higher level of serious and violent crime than their non-gang-involved peers. Research about gangs is often intertwined with research about gun …

  6. The Attraction of Gangs: How Can We Reduce It?

    Sep 15, 2013 · This page gives an overview of one section of the book Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership. Learn more about the book and how to get copies. Kids join …

  7. Using Restrictive Housing to Manage Gangs in U.S. Prisons

    Jun 30, 2018 · Gang affiliates are a group that checks off all of these boxes. First, owing to their elevated involvement in misconduct, gang affiliates may be placed in restrictive housing for …

  8. Comparing Violent Extremism and Terrorism to Other Forms of …

    Mar 25, 2024 · Targeted violence spans a wide array of offenses, from mass shootings to gang or group-violence-related activities to human trafficking. Although each of these topics has been …

  9. Public Mass Shootings: Database Amasses Details of a Half …

    Feb 3, 2022 · Persons who committed public mass shootings in the U.S. over the last half century were commonly troubled by personal trauma before their shooting incidents, nearly always in a …

  10. What Should Be Done in the Community to Prevent Gang-Joining?

    Sep 15, 2013 · This page gives an overview of one section of the book Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership. Learn more about the book and how to get copies. People …

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