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)
Date Published
2003
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NIJ-Sponsored
Youth gangs
National Youth Gang Survey, Fiscal Year 2020
Closing Date
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Gang Membership: Utilizing Latent Class Analysis to Understand the Relationship
2019-R2-CX-0009
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$50,000
NIJ Journal Issue No. 275
Date Published
September 2015
Agencies
NIJ
Series
Preventing Kids From Gang-Joining: Collaboration Matters - Interview With Tom Simon
Date Published
June 2011
Agencies
NIJ
Gang Membership Prevention - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference
Date Published
June 2010
Agencies
NIJ
Tailored Functional Family Therapy Program Shows Promise for Reducing Subsequent Criminal Activity in a Population at High Risk for Joining Gangs
Date Published
November 2018
Agencies
NIJ
Children as Citizens: Engaging Adolescents in Research on Exposure to Violence
January 2011
Series
Since the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, great strides have been made in the areas of child protection and advocacy. However, the concept of children, and specifically adolescents, as functional and engaged citizens has also emerged. Through the guidance and recognition of adults, children can participate in deliberative democracy as legitimate and competent citizens. This citizenship, like that of adults, can be used to enrich and improve local communities by creating a sense of ownership and fairness. Dr.
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Director’s Corner: Juvenile Justice Research Comes to NIJ
David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.
If you have heard me describing what NIJ does lately, you may have noticed that I have started sprinkling in references to the criminal and juvenile justice systems. There’s a good reason for that.
As of October 22, the juvenile justice research function that had been part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has moved to NIJ...
Gang Membership Prevention
June 2010
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIJ collaborated on a book that focuses on promising principles for gang membership prevention. This NIJ Conference Panel discusses the risk and protective factors that influence gang membership as well as efforts to reduce such factors. Panelists also explored the direction of gang research for the future.
Transcript
Audio file
1 of 4: Gang Membership Prevention, Louis Tuthill, National Institute of Justice
, 2 of 4: Gang Membership Prevention, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, Project Safe Neighborhoods National Coordinator and Anti-Gang Coordinator, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice
, 3 of 4: Gang Membership Prevention, James Buddy Howell, Senior Research Associate, National Youth Gang Center in Tallahassee, Fla.; and Special Advisor, Life History Research Program, University of Pittsburgh
, 4 of 4: Gang Membership Prevention, Jorja Leap, Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Welfare, School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles
Crime File: Drugs - Youth Gangs
January 1990
1990
This Crime File video presents the portrayal of the nature and activities of juvenile gangs in Los Angeles; followed by a panel discussion of gang involvement in drug trafficking, sociological explanations of gangs, and strategies for countering gangs.
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Reducing Crime Among Youth at Risk for Gang Involvement
Journal
Date Published
November 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored,
OJJDP-Sponsored
Large-Scale Deep Point Process Models for Crime Forecasting
2018-R2-CX-0013
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$149,999