National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

Gangs

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Articles

• Advising Parents About Protecting Children from Gang Involvement
• Gang Research Summaries
• Gang Statistics Resources
• Health Care Professionals Response to Gang Violence
• Health Care Response to Gang Violence
• Preventing Gang Violence in School
• Youth Gangs and Violence

Fact Sheets

• Gangs Fact Sheet

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• National Youth Gang Center
  The National Youth Gang Center (NYGC), funded by the US Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), assists policy makers, practitioners, and researchers in their efforts to reduce youth gang involvement and crime by contributing information, resources, prac
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• US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice. The FBI is authorized to provide other law enforcement agencies with cooperative services, such as fingerprint identification, laboratory examinations, and police training. The
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External Resources

• Strategic Risk-Based Response to Youth Gangs
  This article presents a framework for a strategic risk-based response to youth gangs that can be adopted even without full communitywide collaboration and regardless of whether the primary focus is prevention, intervention, or suppression or a combination of these methods.
  Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
• Highlights of the 2002 National Youth Gang Survey (PDF 98 KB)
  The 2002 National Youth Gang Survey is the eighth annual survey conducted since 1995 by the National Youth Gang Center. The 2002 survey used a newly selected sample of law enforcement agencies based on updated data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
• Comparing the Criminal Behavior of Youth Gangs and At-Risk Youth (PDF 129 KB)
  This brief describes a study that explored the differences between the criminal behavior of youth gang members and nongang, but similarly at-risk, youths.
  Federal Partner: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice
• Modern-Day Youth Gangs
  The proliferation of gangs into smaller cities, towns, suburbs, and even rural communities has led experts to question whether modern-day youth gangs differ significantly from their inner-city predecessors. Drawing on data from the 1996 and 1998 National Youth Gang Surveys, this Bulletin reveals systematic differences between communities with earlier and later onset gang problems.
  Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
• Youth Gangs in Schools (PDF 108 KB)
  This bulletin presents results of analyses of gang-related data gathered by the 1995 School Crime Supplements (SCS) to the National Crime Victim Survey. It describes characteristics of gangs in schools, and discusses contributory factors to gang prevalence in schools. The impact of gang presence in schools on victimization is also reviewed.
• Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement
  After describing the key characteristics of youth gangs, this Bulletin examines risk factors for gang membership, including individual and family demographics, personal attributes, and peer group, school, and community factors. Gang prevention strategies are presented and illustrated with examples of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention programs. Primary prevention targets the entire at-risk population, while secondary prevention focuses on those identified as being at greatest risk for delinquency. Finally, tertiary prevention efforts involve juvenile offenders and youth gang members.
  Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
• Female Gangs: A Focus on Research
  This bulletin summarizes past and present research and tracks the rise in the number of female gangs and the increased public recognition of female gang involvement as a significant social problem. The authors consider the motivations for female gang membership, assess the delinquency and criminal activity of female gang members, examine the influence of ethnicity and gender norms on female gang behavior, and discuss the long-term consequences of gang membership.
  Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
• Youth Gangs in Indian Country
  This Bulletin describes the nature and makeup of youth gangs in Indian country. The findings presented are the result of a 2001 National Youth Gang Center survey. Researchers found that youth gangs in Indian country did not differ greatly from youth gangs in comparably sized communities. Indian country youth gangs, however, were noticeably different from youth gangs as depicted through national statistics.
  Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice

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Last Updated: 4/18/2008