Adolescents at risk

Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership, Chapter 5. How Should We Identify and Intervene With Youth at Risk of Joining Gangs? A Developmental Approach for Children Ages 0-12 (From Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership, P 63-73, 2013, Thomas R. Simon, Nancy M. Ritter, and Reshma R. Mahendra, eds. - See NCJ-239234)

Date Published

2013

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership, Chapter 6. What Should Be Done in the Family to Prevent Gang Membership? (From Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership, P 75-88, 2013, Thomas R. Simon, Nancy M. Ritter, and Reshma R. Mahendra, eds. - See NCJ-239234)

Date Published

2013

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership, Chapter 9. How Can We Prevent Girls From Joining Gangs? (From Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership, P 121-133, 2013, Thomas R. Simon, Nancy M. Ritter, and Reshma R. Mahendra, eds. - See NCJ-239234)

Date Published

2013

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership, Chapter 10. Race and Ethnicity: What Are Their Roles in Gang Membership? (From Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership, P 135-149, 2013, Thomas R. Simon, Nancy M. Ritter, and Reshma R. Mahendra, eds. - See NCJ-239234)

Date Published

2013

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership, Conclusion: An Invitation To Contribute to Gang-Joining (From Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership, P 163-167, 2013, Thomas R. Simon, Nancy M. Ritter, and Reshma R. Mahendra, eds. - See NCJ-239234)

Date Published

2013

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

An ethnographic adolescent life-course of social capital within urban communities, schools and families and the effects on serious youth violence among young at-risk African-American males

Date Published

2003

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Influence of Social Surroundings on Juvenile and Criminal Justice Involvement of 17-Year-Olds Transitioning from Foster Care to Adulthood: A Longitudinal and Life-Course Approach

Date Published

August 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Association Between Intimate Partner Encouragement of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Among Females Formerly Involved in the Juvenile Justice System

Date Published

February 2025

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

'What Works?' Revisited Again: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Field Experiments in Individual-Level Interventions

Date Published

1997

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Responding to Intimate Partner Violence Related Strangulation Integrating Policy, Practice, and Rese

October 2024

This webinar examines the problem of Intimate Partner Violence Strangulation and an innovative response policy. The presentation will include an overview of the nature and extent of strangulation, its dangers, and adverse medical consequences followed by a review of a Strangulation Ordinance in Burleson, Texas that mandates extensive training for first responders and a city-wide response protocol for strangulation detection and investigation, documentation of strangulation signs and symptoms, medical assistance, and service referrals for strangulation survivors.

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Five Things About Youth and Delinquency

Factor Structure of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale among Early Adolescents: Results from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

Date Published

June 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Beyond Monolithic Threat: Understanding Risk Typology in Court-involved Black Male Youth

Date Published

February 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Familial Pathways to Polyvictimization for Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: Microaffirming, Microaggressing, Violent, and Adverse Families

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Intersecting identities and adolescent depression: Patterns of depressed mood and anhedonia in the past decade

Date Published

2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Perceived sleep quality predicts aggressive offending in adolescence and young adulthood

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

New Perspectives on Marijuana and Youth: Abstainers Are Not Maladjusted, but Lone Users Face Difficulties

Date Published

February 2008

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Driving Down Gun Violence, Part 1

May 2023

Series

Justice Today Podcast

Three LEADS Scholars serving in different law enforcement agencies and positions discuss their experiences with identifying and implementing evidence-based interventions to reduce gun violence. NIJ Senior Advisor Dr. Tamara Herold hosts this conversation with guests Police Chief Cecilia Ashe (Milford Delaware Police Department), Chief of Staff Lieutenant Matthew Barter (Manchester, NH Police Department), and Analytical Services Manager Mr. Jason Schiess (Durham, NC Police Department).

Transcript

Driving Down Gun Violence, Part 1

Audio file

Driving Down Gun Violence, Part 1