Youth gangs

Role of Race and Ethnicity in Gang Membership

NCJ Number

225272

Date Published

2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Comprehensive Community Based Information System to Reduce Youth and Gang Violence in Los Angeles County and Beyond

NCJ Number

242277

Journal

Geography & Public Safety

Date Published

August 2012

Agencies

NIJ, COPS

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Managing Gangs in Schools

NCJ Number

242247

Date Published

February 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Youth Gang Desistance: An Examination of the Effect of Different Operational Definitions of Desistance on the Motivations, Methods, and Consequences Associated With Leaving the Gang

NCJ Number

244865

Journal

Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

December 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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What Does Geography Have To Do With It? A Descriptive Analysis of Troublesome Youth in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, and the Netherlands

NCJ Number

244861

Journal

Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

December 2013

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Who Are the Gangsters?: An Examination of the Age, Race/Ethnicity, Sex, and Immigration Status of Self-Reported Gang Members in a Seven-City Study of American Youth

NCJ Number

241526

Journal

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Date Published

November 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

NCJ Number

241523

Journal

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Date Published

November 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Dreams, Gangs and Guns: The Interplay Between Adolescent Violence and Immigration in a New York City Neighborhood

NCJ Number

192993

Date Published

January 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Hispanic and Anglo Gang Membership in Two Southwestern Cities

NCJ Number

241131

Journal

Social Science Journal

Date Published

2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Youth Gangs and Definitional Issues: When is a Gang a Gang, and Why Does it Matter?

NCJ Number

191704

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

Date Published

January 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Comparative Study of Youth Gangs in China and the United States: Definition, Offending, and Victimization

NCJ Number

237490

Journal

International Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

September 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Diffusion in Homicide: Exploring a General Method for Detecting Spatial Diffusion Processes

NCJ Number

180976

Journal

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Date Published

December 1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Criminal Behavior of Gang Members and At-Risk Youths

NCJ Number

200868

Date Published

January 1998

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Research Preview

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Problem-Oriented Policing, Deterrence, and Youth Violence: An Evaluation of Boston's Operation Ceasefire

NCJ Number

189562

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

August 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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Gender Dynamics in Youth Gangs: A Comparison of Males' and Females' Accounts

NCJ Number

185286

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

September 2000

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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From Boston to Boyle Heights: The Process and Prospects of a "Pulling Levers" Strategy in a Los Angeles Barrio

NCJ Number

201788

Date Published

2003

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Linking Gender, Minority Group Status and Family Matters to Self-control Theory: A Multivariate Analysis of Key Self-Control Concepts in a Youth-Gang Context

NCJ Number

184453

Journal

Juvenile and Family Court Journal

Date Published

2000

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Criminal Behavior of Gang Members, Final Report

NCJ Number

183650

Date Published

December 1995

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meetings, 1997 and 1998

NCJ Number

175709

Date Published

May 1999

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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Young Gang Membership and Serious Violent Victimization: The Importance of Lifestyles and Routine Activities

NCJ Number

237136

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

October 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Pulling Levers: Chronic Offenders, High-Crime Settings, and a Theory of Prevention

NCJ Number

169596

Journal

Valparaiso University Law Review

Date Published

1997

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Gang Membership and Violent Victimization

NCJ Number

209043

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

December 2004

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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DRAGON BREATHES FIRE: CHINESE ORGANIZED CRIME IN NEW YORK CITY

NCJ Number

143202

Journal

Crime, Law and Social Change

Date Published

1993

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Multisite Examination of Youth Gang Membership: Does Gender Matter?

NCJ Number

174652

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Outlook Is G.R.E.A.T.: What Educators Say About School-Based Prevention and the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program

NCJ Number

222771

Journal

Evaluation Review

Date Published

June 2004

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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