Voices From the Field: Getting to the Heart of Youth Transformation: Elevating Youth Voices
Date Published
February 2024
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
National Gang Center
OJJDP’s National Gang Center Webinar: Getting to the Heart of Youth Transformation—Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence in Juvenile Justice Settings
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Voices From the Field: Multigenerational Gang Intervention
Date Published
August 2023
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Voices From the Field: Reducing the Impact of Gang Violence Through Trauma-Informed Policing
Date Published
July 2023
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Voices From the Field: Identifying and Leveraging Opportunities for Gang Intervention
Date Published
June 2023
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
OJJDP 2021 Annual Report
Date Published
January 2023
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
OJJDP
Comprehensive Gang Model: Core Strategies
Date Published
December 2020
Publication Type
Factsheet
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
National Gang Center Newsletter, Fall 2015
Date Published
December 2015
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Gangs
Access federal and federally-funded publications and online resources related to the prevention of and response to gang involvement and activity.
TECHBeat, June 2019
Date Published
June 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
National Gang Center: Rescuing Youth, Restoring Communities
Jakeem Everett was 11 years old when members of a Fort Pierce, Florida, gang began to ensnare him. An A student who attended church faithfully with his mom and six siblings, he was an unlikely candidate for gang involvement.
"I got tired of being picked on," Jakeem, now 21, says. "So I started hanging out with these kids in a gang known as the...
Gangs
There is no single definition of a gang, but there are a number of widely accepted criteria for classifying groups as gangs (Decker and Curry, 2003; Esbensen et al., 2001; Klein, 1995; Miller, 1992; Spergel, 1995). This review used the following criteria: (1) the group has three or more members, generally aged 12-24; (2) members share an identity, typically linked to a name and/or symbols...
