Youth gangs

Criminal Behavior of Gang Members, Final Report

NCJ Number

183650

Date Published

December 1995

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Juvenile Gun Violence and Gun Markets in Boston

NCJ Number

184375

Date Published

March 1997

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Research Preview

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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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

NCJ Number

241526

Journal

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Date Published

November 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Gang Participation

NCJ Number

248727

Journal

Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

June 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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Problem-Oriented Policing, Deterrence, and Youth Violence: An Evaluation of Boston's Operation Ceasefire

NCJ Number

189562

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

August 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

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

NCJ Number

237136

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

October 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

PDF

Managing Gangs in Schools

NCJ Number

242247

Date Published

February 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Instructional Material

PDF

CeaseFire: A Public Health Approach to Reduce Shootings and Killings

NCJ Number

228386

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

November 2009

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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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

NCJ Number

184453

Journal

Juvenile and Family Court Journal

Date Published

2000

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Problem Solving To Reduce Gang and Drug-Related Violence in Indianapolis (From Policing Gangs and Youth Violence, P 77-101, 2003, Scott H. Decker, ed. -- See NCJ-201783)

NCJ Number

201787

Date Published

2003

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Identifying High-Risk Youth for Secondary Gang Prevention

NCJ Number

248802

Journal

Journal of Crime and Justice

Date Published

August 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

PDF

DRAGON BREATHES FIRE: CHINESE ORGANIZED CRIME IN NEW YORK CITY

NCJ Number

143202

Journal

Crime, Law and Social Change

Date Published

1993

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Survey

Publisher abstract

Hispanic and Anglo Gang Membership in Two Southwestern Cities

NCJ Number

241131

Journal

Social Science Journal

Date Published

2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Gang Membership as a Turning Point in the Life Course

NCJ Number

235091

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

May 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Youth Gangs and Definitional Issues: When is a Gang a Gang, and Why Does it Matter?

NCJ Number

191704

Journal

Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

January 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

PDF

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

NCJ Number

237490

Journal

International Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

September 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

PDF

Socialization to Gangs in St. Louis Project, Executive Summary

NCJ Number

185394

Date Published

2000

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored, NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Survey

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)

NCJ Number

201788

Date Published

2003

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Pulling Levers: Chronic Offenders, High-Crime Settings, and a Theory of Prevention

NCJ Number

169596

Journal

Valparaiso University Law Review

Date Published

1997

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

PDF

Gang Membership and Violent Victimization

NCJ Number

209043

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

December 2004

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

HTML

Dreams, Gangs and Guns: The Interplay Between Adolescent Violence and Immigration in a New York City Neighborhood

NCJ Number

192993

Date Published

January 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

PDF

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

NCJ Number

241734

Journal

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Date Published

December 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Race and Gender Differences Between Gang and Nongang Youths: Results From a Multisite Survey

NCJ Number

174167

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

HTML

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

NCJ Number

242277

Journal

Geography & Public Safety

Date Published

August 2012

Agencies

NIJ, COPS

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

PDF

"Harm as Harm": Gang Membership, Perpetration Trauma, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

NCJ Number

249646

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

October 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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