2011年10月27日 · Defining "gang member" and "gang crime" Localities interested in pursuing anti-gang policies, strategies and programs face the challenge of developing operational definitions for the terms "gang," "gang member" and "gang crime" (or "gang-related offense").

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2011年10月27日 · 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 violence and drug crime. It is clear that gangs, guns, drugs and violence are interconnected.[1]

2020年10月26日 · 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 hoped that what works against gangs could also help build community resilience to the emergence of homegrown violent extremists, but recent research suggests that gang members and domestic extremists have too few traits in ...

2013年9月15日 · Get the Book This page gives an overview of one section of the book Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership. Learn more about the book and how to get copies.

2013年9月15日 · Get the Book This page gives an overview of one section of the book Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership. Learn more about the book and how to get copies.

2020年3月5日 · Gang-involved youth are responsible for a disproportionate share of crime in communities.[1] Successfully tackling gang involvement and associated criminal activities should result in a substantial reduction of crime — including violent crime — in affected neighborhoods. To that end, many programs and strategies have been developed to prevent gang involvement, reduce the criminal ...

2011年10月31日 · Criminal justice agencies use a variety of strategies to combat gang-related crime. Prevention Prevention refers to services, programs or activities designed to prevent people from joining gangs. Prevention often focuses on young persons. Situational gang crime prevention focuses more on the situational causes of crime and less on the dispositional traits of specific individuals and often ...

2001年1月1日 · The analysis compared gang and nongang youths with respect to demographic characteristics, theoretical factors, and levels of self-reported crime and considered the theoretical and policy implications of shifting definitions of gang membership. Data collection took …

2001年1月1日 · This study sought to identify and describe different gang types, based on a nationwide survey of police agencies and structured personal interviews with gang members in Chicago and San Diego, and to distinguish between typical and more serious gangs.