Comprehensive Gang Model Evaluation: Integrating Research Into Practice
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Gangs
NIJ-Funded Research on Firearms Violence in Urban Cities Advancing Scientific Evidence to Inform Practice
December 2021
In this full thematic panel, renowned experts will present a series of papers summarizing the newest findings of NIJ-funded research projects on criminal offenses with firearms in urban areas. Researchers used various criminological and other theories, including routine activity theory, socio-ecological and socio-environmental perspectives, and advanced mixed-study methods, including surveys and spatio-temporal designs, to produce scientific evidence to inform practice.
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Sentinel Events: A Sustainable Model for System Change, Draft Final Summary Report Overview
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
A Within-Individual Examination of the Predictors of Gun Carrying During Adolescence and Young Adulthood Among Young Men
Journal
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored,
OJJDP-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
"Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, But Bullying Will Get Me Bangin'": Bullying Involvement and Adolescent Gang Joining
Journal
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Assessing the gang level and community level effects of the Philadelphia Focused Deterrence strategy
Journal
Journal of Experimental Criminology
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Gang Affiliation and Prisoner Reentry: Discrete-Time Variation in Recidivism by Current, Former, and Non-Gang Status
Journal
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Gang affiliation, restrictive housing, and institutional misconduct: does disciplinary segregation suppress or intensify gang member rule violations?
Journal
Journal of Crime & Justice
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Associations among Trauma Exposure, Callous-Unemotionality, Race or Ethnicity, and Gang Involvement in Justice-Involved Youth
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Gang Organization and Gang Identity: An Investigation of Enduring Gang Membership
Journal
Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
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
In North American Somali Communities, A Complex Mix of Factors Influence Gang Involvement, Violent Extremism
Date Published
September 2021
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Survey of Law Enforcement Gang Units (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Provides data from all law enforcement agencies with 100 or more sworn officers and at least one officer dedicated primarily to the problem of gang activity. Data are collected on gang unit demographics, selection criteria, training, operations, and workload, as well as summary measures of gang activity.
MS13 in the Americas: Major Findings
Date Published
February 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Issue Overview
MS13 in the Americas: How the World’s Most Notorious Gang Defies Logic, Resists Destruction
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Description,
Issue Overview
Assessing the Transnational Criminal Capacity of MS-13 in the U.S. and El Salvador
Date Published
January 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Description
School Transitions and Student Responses to Victimization - Breakout Session, NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety
February 2021
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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Multi-Component Efforts to Improve School Safety - Breakout Session, NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety
February 2021
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
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview
A Comparative Study of Initial Involvement in Gangs and Political Extremism
Journal
Terrorism and Political Violence
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Gang Affiliation and Radicalization to Violent Extremism Within Somali-American Communities
Date Published
September 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court, 2018
Date Published
January 2021
Agencies
NIJ,
OJJDP
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Statistics
University of Missouri-St. Louis Comprehensive Safe Schools Initiative (UMSL CSSI)
Date Published
December 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Description