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Implementing Youth Violence Reduction Strategies: Findings from a Synthesis of the Literature on Gun, Group, and Gang Violence

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Implementing Youth Violence Reduction Strategies: Findings from a Scan of Youth Gun, Group, and Gang Violence Interventions

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A Research-Based Practice Guide to Reduce Youth Gun and Gang/Group Violence

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Juvenile Justice Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis: Responses, and Opportunities for Reform

15PNIJ-21-GG-03266-RESS

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2021

$597,283

Reducing Youth Incarceration for Runaway and Truancy: A National Scan of Practice and Evaluability Assessments in Three Sites

15PNIJ-21-GG-03265-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$705,856

A MIXED-METHODS EXAMINATION OF THE UNIQUE ROOT CAUSES OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE

15PNIJ-21-GG-02979-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$578,722

Investigating the Association Between Posttraumatic Risky Behavior and Offending in Adolescents Involved in the Juvenile Justice System

Journal

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding the Victimization-Delinquency Overlap Among Latino Adolescents: The Role of Cultural and Mental Health Factors

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Dual System Youth: At the Intersection of Child Maltreatment and Delinquency

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

August 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Mentoring Programs for Youth: A Promising Intervention for Delinquency Prevention

Date Published

May 26, 2021

To realize the full potential of youth mentoring programs, it is critical to advance research on program effectiveness and population-level impact.

Gang Affiliation and Radicalization to Violent Extremism Within Somali-American Communities

Date Published

September 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Kentucky Juvenile Justice Reform Evaluation: Assessing the Effects of SB 200 on Youth Dispositional Outcomes and Racial and Ethnic Disparities, Executive Summary

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis, Program/Project Evaluation

Kentucky Juvenile Justice Reform Evaluation: Assessing the Effects of SB 200 on Youth Dispositional Outcomes and Racial and Ethnic Disparities, Full Report

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation, Legislation/Policy Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Investigating Root Causes of School Violence: A Case Control Study of School Violent Offenders, Non-School Youth Violence Offenders, and Non-Offending Youths

2020-CK-BX-0003

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$797,256

Youth Afterschool Programs and Law Enforcement

Date Published

August 1997

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Changing Nature of Crime in America

Date Published

2000

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Linking Process and Outcomes in Evaluating a Statewide Drug Treatment Program for Youthful Offenders

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

Date Published

January 2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Criminal Behavior of Gang Members and At-Risk Youths

Date Published

January 1998

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Testing Two Approaches to Revictimization Prevention Among Adolescent Girls in the Child Welfare System

Journal

Journal of Adolescent Health

Date Published

February 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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)

Sources of Firearm Acquisition Among a Sample of Inner-City Youths: Research Results and Policy Implications

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

1996

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Comparative Theoretical Examination of Troublesome Adolescents in Germany and Bosnia-Herzegovina

Journal

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Date Published

November 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Youth Violence in Boston: Gun Markets, Serious Youth Offenders, and a Use-Reduction Strategy

Journal

Law and Contemporary Problems

Date Published

1996

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Functional Family Therapy–Gangs: Adapting an Evidence-Based Program To Reduce Gang Involvement

Date Published

March 5, 2020

NIJ-supported studies are examining whether an evidence-based delinquency prevention program can be modified to prevent gang involvement and reduce the criminal activities of gang members.

National Survey Shines a Light on the Nature and Scope of Teen Dating Violence

Date Published

February 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)