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Predictors and Consequences of Gang Membership: Comparing Gang Members, Gang Leaders, and Non-Gang-Affiliated Adjudicated Youth

Journal

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Date Published

June 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gangs and Violence: Disentangling the Impact of Gang Membership on the Level and Nature of Offending

Journal

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Date Published

June 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Targeting youth at risk for gang involvement: Validation of a gang risk assessment to support individualized secondary prevention

Journal

Children and Youth Services Review

Date Published

July 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Growth of Law Enforcement Specialized Gang Units - Changes in Investigation Practices and Gang Designations of Homicides

Date Published

1985

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Do Prison Administrative and Survey Data Sources Tell the Same Story? A Multitrait, Multimethod Examination With Application to Gangs

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

Date Published

October 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

From Colors and Guns to Caps and Gowns? The Effects of Gang Membership on Educational Attainment

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

February 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

From Your First Cigarette to Your Last Dyin' Day: The Patterning of Gang Membership in the Life-Course

Journal

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Date Published

June 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The risks of exposure: the impact of social circles on youth gang involvement and criminal behavior in adulthood

Journal

Journal of Crime & Justice

Date Published

March 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Untangling the Web of Violence: The Network Effects of Civil Gang Injunctions

Date Published

February 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

Gender differences in gang-involved youth and juvenile justice outcomes: Findings from the Rio Grande Valley

Date Published

November 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership, Introduction

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Why Is Gang-Membership Prevention Important?

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

The Attraction of Gangs: How Can We Reduce It?

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

What Is the Role of Public Health in Gang-Membership Prevention?

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

What Is the Role of Police in Preventing Gang Membership?

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

How Should We Identify and Intervene With Youth at Risk of Joining Gangs? A Developmental Approach for Children Ages 0-12

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

What Should Be Done in the Family to Prevent Gang Membership?

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

What Can Schools Do to Help Prevent Gang-Joining?

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

What Should Be Done in the Community to Prevent Gang-Joining?

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

How Can We Prevent Girls From Joining Gangs?

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Race and Ethnicity: What Are Their Roles in Gang Membership?

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Program Evaluation: How Do We Know If We Are Preventing Gang Membership?

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership, Conclusion: An Invitation To Contribute to Gang-Joining

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

An Evaluation of Operation Hardcore: Prosecutorial Response to Violent Gang Criminality

Date Published

1983

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Evaluation in an Imported Gang Violence Deterrence Program, Final Report

Date Published

1984

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation