Gangs

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571Gang / Structure / Prison gang / Gangs in Canada / Gangs in the United States / Criminology / Crime / Law enforcement

5. Law Enforcement Data This section will cover two sources of data that can be collected to assess local gang involvement in crime and to get detailed information about the demographics, culture, and climate of local ga

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Source URL: www.nationalgangcenter.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-08-19 16:42:06
572Sociology / Urban decay / Emergency management / Law enforcement / Structure / Gangs in Canada / Communities That Care / Crime / Criminology / Gang

8. Community Resources Data One goal of this assessment is to identify those organizations that provide (or could provide) services to gang members or youth at high risk of gang involvement. Many of these services are fo

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Source URL: www.nationalgangcenter.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-08-19 16:42:06
573Sociology / Urban decay / Structure / Needs assessment / Gangs in Canada / Criminology / Crime / Gang

3. Collecting the Data An assessment of the community’s gang problem should be based on data, not anecdote. To develop effective gang strategies, the assessment should focus on the level and extent of gang involvement

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Source URL: www.nationalgangcenter.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-08-19 16:42:06
574Gangs in Canada / Gangs / Sociology / Urban decay / Mara Salvatrucha / Gangs in the United States / Crime / Organized crime / Law enforcement

10. Using the Data Throughout Chapters 4–8 in this Assessment Manual, a series of questions has been provided to guide the assessment process. Based on the data collected through the assessment, answers to these questi

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Source URL: www.nationalgangcenter.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-08-19 16:42:06
575Education in the United States / Gang Resistance Education and Training / Law enforcement in the United States / Gang / Structure / Psychological resilience / Gangs in Canada / School violence / Crime / Criminology / Law enforcement

6. Student and School Data Data collected from and about students, including school-level data, are an important part of the assessment. These data are useful in the identification of the proportion of youth in the commu

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Source URL: www.nationalgangcenter.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-08-19 16:42:06
576Criminology / Law enforcement / Urban decay / Crips / Graffiti / Bloods / Gangs in the United Kingdom / Crime / Gangs / Organized crime

Introduction Research indicates that parents play a pivotal role in keeping young people out of gangs. Negative influences within the family—including domestic violence, child abuse, harsh or inconsistent parenting pra

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Source URL: www.k12.wa.us

Language: English - Date: 2011-07-27 19:43:44
577Law / Gang / Sociology / Urban decay / Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention / Structure / Gang injunction / Gangs in the United States / Criminology / Crime / Law enforcement

1. Introduction In 1987, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) began supporting a research and development project to design a comprehensive approach to reduce and prevent youth gang violence.

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Source URL: www.nationalgangcenter.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-08-19 16:42:06
578Gangs in Canada / Gang / Urban decay / Mara Salvatrucha / Prison gang / Organized crime / Gangs in the United States / Crime / Criminology / Law enforcement

U.S Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Strategies to Address Gang Crime: A Guidebook for Local Law Enforcement

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Source URL: www.cops.usdoj.gov

Language: English - Date: 2008-07-30 13:07:48
579Law / Gang / Sociology / Urban decay / Juvenile court / Juvenile delinquency / Department of Juvenile Justice / Gang activity in Denver / Criminology / Crime / Law enforcement

Gangs in South Carolina: An Exploratory Study Executive Summary Mark A. Small, J.D., Ph. D. Susan P. Limber, Ph. D., M.L.S.

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Source URL: www.scdps.gov

Language: English
580Law enforcement / Gangs in Canada / Gangs / Crime in Honduras / Transnational organized crime / Mara Salvatrucha / Prison gang / El Salvador / Gangs in the United States / Crime / Criminology / Organized crime

June 21, 2012 The Transformation of El Salvador’s Gangs into Political Actors Douglas Farah Over the past three months, the administration of President

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Source URL: csis.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-06-22 10:14:17
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