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GPS Supervision in California: One Technology, Two Contrasting Goals

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

July 2015

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

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

Tale of Two Studies: Lessons Learned From GPS Supervision in California Corrections

Journal

Corrections Today

Date Published

August 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Gangs Research Working Group Meeting

Date Published

February 2011

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

GPS Supervision in California: One Technology, Two Contrasting Goals

Date Published

July 15, 2015

Two NIJ-supported studies with very different results show that GPS technology may be used to help prevent crime in various ways.

Helping At-Risk Youth Say "No" to Gangs

Chicago Public Schools's Connect and Redirect to Respect (CRR) Program to use social media monitoring to identify and connect youth to behavioral interventions.

2014-CK-BX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$2,197,178

Gangs on the Street, Gangs in Prison: Their Nature, Interrelationship, Control, and Re-Entry

2014-MU-CX-0111

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$840,807

Underground Gun Markets in Chicago

2014-MU-CX-0013

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$459,849

Gang Affiliation and Radicalization to Violent Extremism within Somali-American Communities

2014-ZA-BX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$331,241

Life Fast, Die Young: Anticipated Early Death And Adolescent Violence And Gang Involvement

2014-IJ-CX-0008

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$25,869

Reducing Gang Violence A Randomized Trial of Functional Family Therapy

2014-R2-CX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$472,906

A Comparative Study of Violent Extremism and Gangs

2014-ZA-BX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$639,736

Mapping Transnational Gang Activity

2012-R2-CX-0028

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$79,982

Role of Race and Ethnicity in Gang Membership (From Street Gangs, Migration and Ethnicity, P 117-139, 2008, Frank van Gemert, Dana Peterson, and Inger-Lise Lien, eds. -- See NCJ-225264)

Date Published

January 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of a Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Gun Violence in Detroit

Date Published

February 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Program/Project Evaluation

Gang Membership Prevention

Event Dates

May 31, 2006, 12:00 am

Location

Online

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Event Type

Conference

Registration Status

Not Required

NIJ FY 14 Research on Gangs and Gang Violence

Closing Date

April 25, 2014

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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Process and Outcome Evaluation of the G.R.E.A.T. Program

Date Published

December 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Monitoring High-Risk Gang Offenders With GPS Technology: An Evaluation of the California Supervision Program Final Report

Date Published

September 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Changing Course: What's in the Book?

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

Date Published

September 15, 2013

Changing Course: Preventing Youth From Joining Gangs

What Can Schools Do to Help Prevent Gang-Joining?

Date Published

September 15, 2013

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