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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …