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
Survey of Law Enforcement Gang Units (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Provides data from all law enforcement agencies with 100 or more sworn officers and at least one officer dedicated primarily to the problem of gang activity. Data are collected on gang unit demographics, selection criteria, training, operations, and workload, as well as summary measures of gang activity.
Advancing Knowledge To Reduce Gangs and Gang Violence: Perspectives From Researchers and Practitioners
A Comparative Study of Initial Involvement in Gangs and Political Extremism
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions-Strategic Problem-Solving Responses to Gang Crime and Gang Problems (Case Study 8)
Gang Affiliation and Radicalization to Violent Extremism Within Somali-American Communities
University of Missouri-St. Louis Comprehensive Safe Schools Initiative (UMSL CSSI)
Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 2
In recent years, NIJ invested in several research projects to advance understanding and inform prevention of public mass shootings.
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Gangs vs. Extremists: Solutions for Gangs May Not Work Against Extremism
Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective
National Youth Gang Survey
Assessing the Relationship between Immigration Status, Crime, Gang Affiliation, and Victimization
Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meetings, 1997 and 1998
Juvenile Arrests, 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
Notes From the Field: Using Evidence-Based Policing to Combat Violent Crime
NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Crime Control and Prevention: Desistance from Gangs and Gang Related Crime
NIJ is seeking applications to conduct research on selected crime control and prevention topics. This is a directed solicitation that seeks proposals to examine topics relevant to State, local, and/or tribal criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice.
The specific focus area under this solicitation for FY 2011 is desistance from gangs and gang related Crime