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Theories and Fear of Gang Crime Among Whites and Latinos: A Replication and Extension of Prior Research

Date Published

November 2005

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Police-Prosecutor Drug Enforcement Teams: Innovations in Three Jurisdictions

Date Published

1990

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Update on Gang Crime and Law Enforcement Recordkeeping: Report of the 1994 NIJ Extended National Assessment Survey of Law Enforcement Anti-Gang Information Resources, Final Report

Date Published

1994

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Street Gang Migration: How Big a Threat?

Date Published

February 1996

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Criminal Behavior of Gang Members, Final Report

Date Published

December 1995

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Estimating the National Scope of Gang Crime From Law Enforcement Data (From Gangs in America, Second Edition, P 21-36, 1996, C Ronald Huff, ed. -- See NCJ-165296)

Date Published

1996

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Dangerous Places: Gang Members and Neighborhood Levels of Gun Assault

Date Published

August 2016

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Criminal Behavior of Gang Members and At-Risk Youths

Date Published

January 1998

Series

NIJ Research Preview

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ

Gang Membership as a Turning Point in the Life Course

Date Published

May 2011

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Socialization to Gangs in St. Louis Project: Background and Executive Summary, Final Report

Date Published

2000

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored, NIJ-Sponsored

Combining Theoretical Models of Perceived Risk and Fear of Gang Crime among Whites and Latinos

Date Published

January 2011

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Functional Family Therapy-Gangs: Adapting an Evidence-Based Program To Reduce Gang Involvement

Date Published

March 2020

Agencies

NIJ

NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Crime Control and Prevention: Desistance from Gangs and Gang Related Crime

Closing Date

March 17, 2011

Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence NIJ-2019-15270

2019-R2-CX-0015

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2019

$650,000

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.

Transcript

Gang Membership Prevention

Audio file

1 of 4: Gang Membership Prevention, Louis Tuthill, National Institute of Justice , 2 of 4: Gang Membership Prevention, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, Project Safe Neighborhoods National Coordinator and Anti-Gang Coordinator, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice , 3 of 4: Gang Membership Prevention, James Buddy Howell, Senior Research Associate, National Youth Gang Center in Tallahassee, Fla.; and Special Advisor, Life History Research Program, University of Pittsburgh , 4 of 4: Gang Membership Prevention, Jorja Leap, Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Welfare, School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles

Gangs and Gang Crime

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Large-Scale Deep Point Process Models for Crime Forecasting

2018-R2-CX-0013

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$149,999

Measuring the Nature and Extent of Gang Involvement in Sex Trafficking in San Diego, Executive Summary

Date Published

October 2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

An Empirical Analysis of the Intersection of Organized Crime and Human Trafficking in the United States

Date Published

April 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Understanding Pathways To And Away From Violent Radicalization Among Resettled Somali Refugees

Date Published

July 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Diminishing Resources & Gang Prevention - Interview With Mario Maciel

Date Published

June 2011

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Interview, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Implementation Studies: Comprehensive Gang Model Evaluation: Integrating Research Into Practice

2015-R2-CX-0013

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$286,740

Tackling Crime and Other Public-Safety Problems: Case Studies in Problem-Solving

Date Published

1999

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluating the Use of GPS Technology in the Community

Consequences of a Prison Record for Employment: How Do Race, Ethnicity & Gender Factor In?

February 2014

Scientific studies have long documented the negative impact of a prison record on a person's ability to find employment. But what is the impact when gender and race/ethnicity are factored in? Also, most jobs are now advertised online — so how does this affect the ability of former prisoners to find a job?

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