https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/crime/gangs
On this page, find links to articles, awards, events, publications, and multimedia related to gangs and gang crime.
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/what-gang-definitions
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 d
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/changing-course-preventing-gang-membership
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 201
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/overview-gangs-and-gang-crime
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
https://nij.ojp.gov/taxonomy/term/youth-gangs
Mar 25, 2024 · Gangs in School: Exploring the Experiences of Gang-Involved Youth Journal Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice Date Published
https://nij.ojp.gov/library/publications/prison-and-gang
Jan 1, 2022 · A prison gang is a durable group that shares a collective identity, maintains a locus of custodial influence, exhibits collective behavior, and engages in a pattern
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/gangs-vs-extremists-solutions-gangs-may-not-work-against-extremism
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
https://nij.ojp.gov/library/publications/assessing-relationship-between-immigration-status-crime-gang-affiliation-and
Jan 1, 2024 · This document reports on a research project that examined the likelihood of four specific experiences based on immigration status, including undocumented status and
https://nij.ojp.gov/library/publications/disrupting-pathways-gang-violence-youth-color
Jan 1, 2023 · In this study, researchers adopt a life course perspective and a mixed-method approach to understand how parental and peer affiliation with gangs influence pathways
https://nij.ojp.gov/library/publications/gang-affiliation-and-prisoner-reentry-discrete-time-variation-recidivism
Jan 1, 2020 · This study drew on precepts from the street gang literature in testing whether patterns of recidivism differed by official and survey measures of current, former, an