Youth gangs
Gang Participation
Pulling Levers: Chronic Offenders, High-Crime Settings, and a Theory of Prevention
National Youth Gang Survey, Fiscal Year 2020
Functional Family Therapy-Gangs: Adapting an Evidence-Based Program To Reduce Gang Involvement
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Gang Membership: Utilizing Latent Class Analysis to Understand the Relationship
NIJ Journal Issue No. 273
NIJ Journal Issue No. 275
Preventing Kids From Gang-Joining: Collaboration Matters - Interview With Tom Simon
Gang Membership Prevention - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference
Tailored Functional Family Therapy Program Shows Promise for Reducing Subsequent Criminal Activity in a Population at High Risk for Joining Gangs
Children as Citizens: Engaging Adolescents in Research on Exposure to Violence
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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Gang Membership Prevention
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.
Crime File: Drugs - Youth Gangs
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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