Differentiating Between Delinquent Groups and Gangs: Moving Beyond Offending Consequences
Date Published
Unknown
Youth gangs
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions-Strategic Problem-Solving Responses to Gang Crime and Gang Problems (Case Study 8)
Date Published
February 2007
Agencies
BJA
Arrest and the Amplification of Deviance: Does Gang Membership Moderate the Relationship?
Date Published
Unknown
Reducing Homicide Risk in Indianapolis Between 1997 and 2000
Date Published
Unknown
Gangs in School: Exploring the Experiences of Gang-Involved Youth
Date Published
Unknown
School Transitions as a Turning Point for Gang Status
Date Published
Unknown
University of Missouri-St. Louis Comprehensive Safe Schools Initiative (UMSL CSSI)
Date Published
December 2020
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
National Youth Gang Survey
2020-JX-FX-K007
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$996,640
Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meetings, 1997 and 1998
Date Published
May 1999
Publication Type
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
TECHBeat, January 2018
Date Published
January 2018
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
National Youth Gang Survey, Fiscal Year 2020
Closing Date
In collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), NIJ seeks proposals for funding to conduct a study of youth gangs. The award recipient will be expected to develop, test, and administer a national data collection from law enforcement agencies to produce accurate and reliable national estimates of, and information about youth gangs, and gang-related criminal activities and law enforcement approaches to dealing with those activities.
Functional Family Therapy-Gangs: Adapting an Evidence-Based Program To Reduce Gang Involvement
Date Published
March 2020
Agencies
NIJ
Functional Family Therapy–Gangs: Adapting an Evidence-Based Program To Reduce Gang Involvement
Consequences of Incarceration for Gang Membership: A Longitudinal Study of Serious Offenders in Philadelphia and Phoenix
Date Published
May 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Gang Membership: Utilizing Latent Class Analysis to Understand the Relationship
2019-R2-CX-0009
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$50,000
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Scenarios and Solutions Gang Prevention Program
2019-R2-CX-0014
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$550,610
NIJ Journal Issue No. 251
NIJ Journal Issue No. 273
Date Published
April 2014
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Gang Membership Prevention - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference
Date Published
June 2010
Publication Type
Presentation (Multimedia),
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material,
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
Preventing Kids From Gang-Joining: Collaboration Matters - Interview With Tom Simon
Date Published
June 2011
Publication Type
Presentation (Multimedia),
Issue Overview,
Interview,
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
Tailored Functional Family Therapy Program Shows Promise for Reducing Subsequent Criminal Activity in a Population at High Risk for Joining Gangs
Date Published
November 2018
Agencies
NIJ
Children as Citizens: Engaging Adolescents in Research on Exposure to Violence
January 2011
Series
Since the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, great strides have been made in the areas of child protection and advocacy. However, the concept of children, and specifically adolescents, as functional and engaged citizens has also emerged. Through the guidance and recognition of adults, children can participate in deliberative democracy as legitimate and competent citizens. This citizenship, like that of adults, can be used to enrich and improve local communities by creating a sense of ownership and fairness. Dr.
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The Attraction of Gangs: How Can We Reduce It?
Director’s Corner: Juvenile Justice Research Comes to NIJ
David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.
If you have heard me describing what NIJ does lately, you may have noticed that I have started sprinkling in references to the criminal and juvenile justice systems. There’s a good reason for that.
Gang Membership Prevention
June 2010
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIJ collaborated on a book that focuses on promising principles for gang membership prevention. This NIJ Conference Panel discusses the risk and protective factors that influence gang membership as well as efforts to reduce such factors. Panelists also explored the direction of gang research for the future.