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  1. What Is a Gang? Definitions - National Institute of Justice

    Oct 27, 2011 · Defining "gang member" and "gang crime" Localities interested in pursuing anti-gang policies, strategies and programs face the challenge of developing operational definitions …

  2. Gangs and Gang Crime - National Institute of Justice

    On this page, find links to articles, awards, events, publications, and multimedia related to gangs and gang crime.

  3. Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership - National …

    Jan 1, 2019 · The gang problem in the United States has remained stubbornly persistent over the past decade. Here are the facts: One in three local law enforcement agencies in 2010 reported …

  4. Overview of Gangs and Gang Crime - National Institute of Justice

    Oct 27, 2011 · Gang members engage in a higher level of serious and violent crime than their non-gang-involved peers. Research about gangs is often intertwined with research about gun …

  5. Gangs vs. Extremists: Solutions for Gangs May Not Work Against ...

    Oct 26, 2020 · Much is known about the workings of criminal gangs and traits of gang members, and much of that knowledge has informed community-focused anti-gang programs. It was long …

  6. Investigating Gang Structures - National Institute of Justice

    Jan 1, 1995 · The primary goal of this study was to identify the most common gang structures and obtain data that would permit characterizing these structure regarding the offending profiles of …

  7. Using Restrictive Housing to Manage Gangs in U.S. Prisons

    Jun 30, 2018 · Gangs remain one of the more formidable issues that corrections officials face in managing prisons. About 200,000 of the 1.5 million people incarcerated in the U.S. are …

  8. Race and Ethnicity: What Are Their Roles in Gang Membership?

    Sep 15, 2013 · The roles of race and ethnicity in gang membership are becoming increasingly complicated; more gangs are becoming multiracial, which affects the role of race and ethnicity, …

  9. Youth Gangs and Definitional Issues: When is a Gang a Gang, and …

    Jan 1, 2001 · The analysis compared gang and nongang youths with respect to demographic characteristics, theoretical factors, and levels of self-reported crime and considered the …

  10. Implementing Youth Violence Reduction Strategies: Findings from …

    Jan 1, 2022 · As one component of a project to develop a guide for using research-based practice to reduce youth gun and gang/group violence, this report presents findings from the synthesis …