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- What Is a Gang? Definitions - National Institute of Justice
Defining "gang member" and "gang crime" Localities interested in pursuing anti-gang policies, strategies and programs face the challenge of developing operational definitions for the terms "gang," "gang member" and "gang crime" (or "gang-related offense")
- Gangs and Gang Crime - National Institute of Justice
On this page, find links to articles, awards, events, publications, and multimedia related to gangs and gang crime
- The Attraction of Gangs: How Can We Reduce It?
Get the Book 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
- Overview of Gangs and Gang Crime - National Institute of Justice
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 violence and drug crime It is clear that gangs, guns, drugs and violence are interconnected [1]
- Gangs vs. Extremists: Solutions for Gangs May Not Work Against . . .
Much is known about the workings of criminal gangs and traits of gang members, and much of that knowledge has informed community-focused anti-gang programs It was long hoped that what works against gangs could also help build community resilience to the emergence of homegrown violent extremists, but recent research suggests that gang members and domestic extremists have too few traits in
- Investigating Gang Structures - National Institute of Justice
The primary goal of this study was to identify the most common gang structures and obtain data that would permit characterizing these structure regarding the offending profiles of members
- Managing Gangs in Schools - National Institute of Justice
This overview of the management of gangs in schools discusses why youth join gangs, gang prevention strategies in a school context, and tips for school police officers in investigating gang activities in school
- MS13 in the Americas: How the World’s Most Notorious Gang Defies Logic . . .
The goal of this report is to explain to law enforcement agencies and personnel the features and threat to public safety of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13), one of the world’s largest and most violent street gangs
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