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Charting Out the Digital Ecosystem of Gangs in the U.S. and Mexico

Journal

Small Wars Journal

Date Published

April 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Criminal Behavior of Gang Members, Final Report

Date Published

December 1995

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gang Involvement and Delinquency in a Middle School Population

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

June 2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

From Boston to Boyle Heights: The Process and Prospects of a "Pulling Levers" Strategy in a Los Angeles Barrio

Date Published

2003

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

October 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

What Does Geography Have To Do With It? A Descriptive Analysis of Troublesome Youth in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, and the Netherlands

Journal

Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

December 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gender and Victimization Risk Among Young Women in Gangs

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Youth & Society

Date Published

1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Impact of Sex Composition on Gangs and Gang Member Delinquency

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

May 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Criminal Behavior of Gang Members and At-Risk Youths

Date Published

January 1998

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Juvenile Gun Violence and Gun Markets in Boston

Date Published

March 1997

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Who Are the Gangsters?: An Examination of the Age, Race/Ethnicity, Sex, and Immigration Status of Self-Reported Gang Members in a Seven-City Study of American Youth

Journal

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Date Published

November 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Ethnic Identity and Offending Trajectories Among Mexican American Juvenile Offenders: Gang Membership and Psychosocial Maturity

Journal

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Date Published

December 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Female Gang Involvement

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Literature Review

Street Gang Migration in the United States: Executive Summary

Date Published

1995

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Street Gang Migration: How Big a Threat?

Journal

National Institute of Justice Journal

Date Published

February 1996

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Comprehensive Community Based Information System to Reduce Youth and Gang Violence in Los Angeles County and Beyond

Journal

Geography & Public Safety

Date Published

August 2012

Agencies

NIJ, COPS

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gang Enforcement Problems and Strategies: National Survey Findings

Journal

Journal of Gang Research

Date Published

1995

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Linking Gender, Minority Group Status and Family Matters to Self-control Theory: A Multivariate Analysis of Key Self-Control Concepts in a Youth-Gang Context

Journal

Juvenile and Family Court Journal

Date Published

2000

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Perception of Gangs as a Problem in Nonmetropolitan Areas

Journal

Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

August 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

It's Getting Crazy Out There: Can a Civil Gang Injunction Change a Community

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

August 2005

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Comparative Study of Youth Gangs in China and the United States: Definition, Offending, and Victimization

Journal

International Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

September 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Youth Gang Desistance: An Examination of the Effect of Different Operational Definitions of Desistance on the Motivations, Methods, and Consequences Associated With Leaving the Gang

Journal

Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

December 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

May 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Crack, Street Gangs, and Violence

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

1991

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)