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Police Response to Street Gang Violence: Improving the Investigative Process, Executive Summary

NCJ Number

107463

Date Published

1987

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Publication Link

PDF

Social Media and the Variable Impact of Violence Reduction Interventions: Re-Examining Focused Deterrence in Philadelphia

NCJ Number

304413

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Implementing Youth Violence Reduction Strategies: Findings from a Synthesis of the Literature on Gun, Group, and Gang Violence

NCJ Number

304276

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Link

HTML | PDF

Implementing Youth Violence Reduction Strategies: Findings from a Scan of Youth Gun, Group, and Gang Violence Interventions

NCJ Number

304275

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Link

HTML | PDF

A Research-Based Practice Guide to Reduce Youth Gun and Gang/Group Violence

NCJ Number

304274

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Publication Link

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Hidden War: Crime and the Tragedy of Public Housing In Chicago

NCJ Number

184178

Date Published

2000

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Publication Link

PDF

Multilevel Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods

November 2021

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a DOJ-sponsored initiative to reduce violent crime, particularly gun crime, by fostering cooperation by criminal justice agencies and local partners to develop and implement strategic approaches.

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Comprehensive Gang Model Evaluation: Integrating Research Into Practice

NCJ Number

303972

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Link

PDF

Long-Term Follow-Up of the National Evaluation of Gang Resistance Education and Training Project

15PNIJ-21-GG-00095-TITL

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$1,055,202

Head injury in prison: Gang membership and the role of prison violence

NCJ Number

301828

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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A Qualitative Examination of How Somali Young Adults Think About and Understand Violence in Their Communities

NCJ Number

301731

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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School Transitions and Student Responses to Victimization - Breakout Session, NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety

February 2021

Series

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

NCJ Number

300672

Date Published

June 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Publication Link

PDF

"Gotta Make Your Heaven": Guns, Safety, and the Edge of Adulthood in New York City

NCJ Number

255989

Date Published

July 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored)

Publication Link

PDF

University of Missouri-St. Louis Comprehensive Safe Schools Initiative (UMSL CSSI)

NCJ Number

255927

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Publication Link

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Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 2

November 2020

In recent years, NIJ invested in several research projects to advance understanding and inform prevention of public mass shootings.

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Director’s Message - NIJ Journal Issue No. 282

Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective

2020-75-CX-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$435,020

DRAGON BREATHES FIRE: CHINESE ORGANIZED CRIME IN NEW YORK CITY

NCJ Number

143202

Journal

Crime, Law and Social Change

Date Published

1993

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Survey

Publication Link

Publisher abstract

Impact of Sex Composition on Gangs and Gang Member Delinquency

NCJ Number

189326

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

May 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Problem Solving To Reduce Gang and Drug-Related Violence in Indianapolis (From Policing Gangs and Youth Violence, P 77-101, 2003, Scott H. Decker, ed. -- See NCJ-201783)

NCJ Number

201787

Date Published

2003

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

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

NCJ Number

233486

Journal

Victims & Offenders

Date Published

January 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Publication Link

PDF

Gang Membership as a Turning Point in the Life Course

NCJ Number

235091

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

May 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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HTML

Differences Between Gang Girls and Gang Boys: Results From a Multisite Survey

NCJ Number

178760

Journal

Youth & Society

Date Published

1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Publication Link

HTML

Women's and Men's Fear of Gang Crimes: Sexual and Nonsexual Assault as Perceptually Contemporaneous Offenses

NCJ Number

201077

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

June 2003

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Publication Link

HTML