Gangs

Assessing the Transnational Criminal Capacity of MS-13 in the U.S. and El Salvador

Date Published

January 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Multi-Component Efforts to Improve School Safety - 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

Date Published

June 2021

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ

A Comparative Study of Initial Involvement in Gangs and Political Extremism

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions-Strategic Problem-Solving Responses to Gang Crime and Gang Problems (Case Study 8)

Date Published

February 2007

Agencies

BJA

Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court, 2018

Date Published

January 2021

Series

OJJDP National Report Series

Agencies

NIJ, OJJDP

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

Date Published

December 2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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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Gangs vs. Extremists: Solutions for Gangs May Not Work Against Extremism

Date Published

October 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

Gangs vs. Extremists: Solutions for Gangs May Not Work Against Extremism

Date Published

October 26, 2020

Can the wealth of existing research on criminal gang members point to better solutions to violent extremism in the United States? A study finds only limited parallels.

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

National Youth Gang Survey

2020-JX-FX-K007

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$996,640

Delinquency and Substance Use Among Inner-City Students

Date Published

1990

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

1999

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Establishment of a Police Gang Unit: An Examination of Organization and Environmental Factors

Date Published

February 2001

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Street Gangs and Drug Sales: A Report to the National Institute of Justice

Date Published

1993

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Effects of Self-Control, Gang Membership, and Parental Attachment/Identification on Police Contacts Among Latino and African American Youths

Date Published

April 2012

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Cut from the Same Cloth? A Comparative Study of Domestic Extremists and Gang Members in the United States

Date Published

May 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Gender and Victimization Risk Among Young Women in Gangs

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance, Education and Training) Pre/post Testing in Select U.S. Cities

Date Published

1994

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Young Women and Gang Violence: Gender, Street Offending, and Violent Victimization in Gangs

Date Published

March 2001

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

From Boston to Boyle Heights: The Process and Prospects of a "Pulling Levers" Strategy in a Los Angeles Barrio (From Policing Gangs and Youth Violence, P 102-130, 2003, Scott H. Decker, ed. -- See NCJ-201783)

Date Published

2003

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Young Gang Membership and Serious Violent Victimization: The Importance of Lifestyles and Routine Activities

Date Published

October 2008

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Managing Gangs in Schools

Date Published

February 2012

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Gang Resistance Education and Training: The National Evaluation

Date Published

1996

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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