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Bookmark or Share- Changing Course: Preventing Youth From Joining GangsTo realize a significant and lasting reduction in youth gang activity, we must prevent young people from joining gangs in the first place. Here are some things we know from the research: The large majority of kids who join a gang do so at a very early age — between 11 and 15 years old.
- Managing Gangs in Schools - National Institute of JusticeOther suggestions pertain to support for after-school and weekend extracurricular activities, cooperation with community gang intervention programs, consultation with parents when gang activity is suspected; and attention to school areas and times when gang activity is likely. Suggestions for SRO gang-related investigations pertain to knowledge ...
- What Is a Gang? Definitions - National Institute of JusticeThere is no universally agreed-upon definition of "gang" in the United States. Gang, youth gang and street gang are terms widely and often interchangeably used in mainstream coverage. Reference to gangs often implies youth gangs. In some cases, youth gangs are distinguished from other types of gangs; how youth is defined may vary as well. Motorcycle gangs, prison gangs, hate groups, adult ...
- Gangs and Gang Crime - National Institute of JusticeOn this page, find links to articles, awards, events, publications, and multimedia related to gangs and gang crime.
- Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership - National Institute of JusticeOne reason for this is that girls enter gangs — and exit from gang activity — at younger ages than boys. In Changing Course , Chesney-Lind, a University of Hawaii professor who has worked for years on the issue of girls in the criminal justice system, discusses families that are unable to support female adolescent development and provide ...
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