Youth gangs
In North American Somali Communities, A Complex Mix of Factors Influence Gang Involvement, Violent Extremism
What's Sex (Composition) Got To Do With It? The Importance of Sex Composition of Gangs for Female and Male Members' Offending and Victimization
Multi-Component Efforts to Improve School Safety - Breakout Session, NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety
On February 16-18, 2021, the National Institute of Justice hosted the Virtual Conference on School Safety: Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard Our Schools. This video includes the following presentations:
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Advancing Knowledge To Reduce Gangs and Gang Violence: Perspectives From Researchers and Practitioners
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions-Strategic Problem-Solving Responses to Gang Crime and Gang Problems (Case Study 8)
University of Missouri-St. Louis Comprehensive Safe Schools Initiative (UMSL CSSI)
Gangs vs. Extremists: Solutions for Gangs May Not Work Against Extremism
National Youth Gang Survey
Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meetings, 1997 and 1998
TECHBeat, January 2018
National Youth Gang Survey, Fiscal Year 2020
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
Consequences of Incarceration for Gang Membership: A Longitudinal Study of Serious Offenders in Philadelphia and Phoenix
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Gang Membership: Utilizing Latent Class Analysis to Understand the Relationship
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Scenarios and Solutions Gang Prevention Program
NIJ Journal Issue No. 273
Gang Membership Prevention - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference
Preventing Kids From Gang-Joining: Collaboration Matters - Interview With Tom Simon
Tailored Functional Family Therapy Program Shows Promise for Reducing Subsequent Criminal Activity in a Population at High Risk for Joining Gangs
Children as Citizens: Engaging Adolescents in Research on Exposure to Violence
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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