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Effects of Self-Control, Gang Membership, and Parental Attachment/Identification on Police Contacts Among Latino and African American Youths

Journal

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Date Published

April 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Prisoner Radicalization: Assessing the Threat in U.S. Correctional Institutions

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

October 2008

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gang Membership as a Proxy for Social Deficiencies: A Study of Nebraska Inmates

Journal

Corrections Management Quarterly

Date Published

2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Effect of Gang Affiliation on Violent Misconduct Among Inmates During the Early Years of Confinement

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

August 2006

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Structure, Activity, and Control of Chinese Gangs: Law Enforcement Perspectives

Journal

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Date Published

1993

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gang Enforcement Problems and Strategies: National Survey Findings

Journal

Journal of Gang Research

Date Published

1995

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Youth Gang Desistance: An Examination of the Effect of Different Operational Definitions of Desistance on the Motivations, Methods, and Consequences Associated With Leaving the Gang

Journal

Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

December 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gang Participation

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

Date Published

June 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Youth Violence

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Reducing Crime Among Youth at Risk for Gang Involvement: A Randomized Trial

NCJ Number

254437

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

2019

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Juvenile Arrests, 2018

Date Published

June 2020

Agencies

NIJ, OJJDP

Publication Type

Youth-Oriented Material, Statistics, Report (Annual/Periodic)

In Focus: Youth Gangs

Date Published

September 2022

Agencies

OJJDP

Publication Type

Youth-Oriented Material, Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material, Factsheet

OJJDP News @ a Glance, May/June 2020

Journal

OJJDP News @ a Glance

Date Published

June 2020

Agencies

OJJDP

Publication Type

Youth-Oriented Material, Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Newsletter, Grants and Funding

In Focus: Youth Gangs

NCJ Number

254569

Date Published

September 2022

Agencies

OJJDP

Publication Link

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Juvenile Arrests, 2018

NCJ Number

254499

Date Published

June 2020

Agencies

NIJ, OJJDP

Publication Link

PDF

Gangs in School: Exploring the Experiences of Gang-Involved Youth

NCJ Number

254195

Journal

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Link

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Does Gang Membership Pay? Illegal and Legal Earnings Through Emerging Adulthood

NCJ Number

254152

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Link

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Functional Family Therapy-Gangs: Adapting an Evidence-Based Program To Reduce Gang Involvement

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

March 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Functional Family Therapy-Gangs: Adapting an Evidence-Based Program To Reduce Gang Involvement

NCJ Number

254465

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

March 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Link

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Notes From the Field: Using Evidence-Based Policing to Combat Violent Crime

Date Published

February 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Issue Overview

Notes From the Field: Using Evidence-Based Policing to Combat Violent Crime

NCJ Number

254552

Date Published

February 2020

Agencies

NIJ

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Successes and Challenges in Recruiting and Retaining Gang Members in Longitudinal Research: Lessons Learned From a Multisite Social Network Study

NCJ Number

252877

Journal

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Date Published

2017

Publication Link

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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...

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