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Solutions to address gang crime

This suite of information tools, made available by the US Department of Justice, provides assistance for both practitioners and communities in trying to identify and reduce gang crime. It includes suggested law enforcement activities to reduce gang crime, data on gang activity in different populations, the criminal activity of gangs and general gang statistics. For parents, there are also quick reference cards in 4 languages to help identify and discourage gang behaviour amongst children.

Title: Solutions to address gang crime
Authors: US Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) and Bureau of Justice Assistance
Number of pages: n/a (web resource)
Date published: April 2006
Availability: View Solutions to address gang crime

The 'toolkit' element of the online package brings together resources already available in other places under on virtual roof. Each of the resources addresses a particular problem that may be caused by gang members. The topic covered are:

  • Addressing School-Related Crime and Disorder

  • Bullying in Schools

  • Cruising

  • Disorderly Youth in Public Places

  • Drug Dealing in Open-Air Markets

  • Drug Dealing in Privately Owned Apartment Complexes

  • Gang Reference Card for Parents (English)

  • Gang Reference Card for Parents (en Espanol)

  • Gang Reference Card for Parents (Hmong)

  • Gang Reference Card for Parents (Vietnamese)

  • Graffiti

  • Gun Violence Among Serious Young Offenders

  • Street Gangs and Interventions: Innovative Problem Solving with Network Analysis

  • Street Prostitution

  • Street Racing

Solutions for practitioners

For practitioners, the guide offers the following project summaries and guides as suggested solutions to gang-related problems.

  • Addressing Community Gang Problems: A Model For Problem Solving

  • Addressing Community Gang Problems: A Practical Guide

  • Assessment of Multi-Agent Approach to Drug Involved Gang Members

  • Balanced and Restorative Justice - Program Summary

  • Boston's Operation Night Light: New Roles, New Rules

  • Boys and Girls Clubs of America

  • Checkpoints

  • Combating Fear and Restoring Safety in Schools

  • Comprehensive Gang Model: Planning for Implementation

  • Conflict Resolution

  • Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in Schools, Youth-Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice Settings

  • Designing Out Gang Homicides and Street Assaults

  • Early Precursors of Gang Membership: A Study of Seattle Youth

  • Employment and Training for Court-Involved Youth: An Overview

  • Establishment of a Police Gang Unit: An Examination of Rational and Institutional Considerations, December 2000

  • Gang Structures, Crime Patterns, and Police Responses

  • G.R.E.A.T. Program Information

  • Guide for Implementing the Balanced and Restorative Justice Model

  • How to Analyze and Battle Incidents of Graffiti: CgrAs - Citywide Graffiti Abatement System

  • OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model: A Guide to Assessing Your Community's Youth Gang Problem

  • Planning a Successful Crime Prevention Project

  • Police Response to Gangs: A Multi-Site Study

  • Policing by Injunction: Problem-Oriented Dimensions of Civil Gang Abatement in the State of California

  • Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement

  • Preventing Gang and Drug-Related Witness Intimidation

  • Promising Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence

  • Prosecuting Gang Cases: What Local Prosecutors Need to Know

  • Reducing Gun Violence: The Boston Gun Project's Operation Ceasefire

  • Responding to Gangs: Evaluation and Research

  • Specialized Gang Units: Form and Function in Community Policing

  • The Crime Mapping Newsletter

  • Urban Street Gang Enforcement

  • Victim and Witness Intimidation: New Developments and Emerging Responses

  • Youth Gang Programs and Strategies

Further reading

Other materials available through this online guide that may be of interest include:

  • A Guide to Assessing Your Community's Youth Gang Problem

  • Causes and Correlates of Delinquency Program

  • Epidemiology of Serious Violence

  • Evaluating G.R.E.A.T.: A School-Based Gang Prevention Program

  • Female Gangs: A Focus on Research

  • Gang Suppression and Intervention: Community Models

  • Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement

  • Preventing Violence the Problem-Solving Way

  • Responding to Gangs: Evaluation and Research

  • Street Gangs and Drug Sales in Two Suburban Cities

  • Youth Gangs: An Overview

  • Youth Gangs in Schools

Getting a copy

You can view Solutions to address gang crime on the COPS website.

Last update: Tuesday, October 31, 2006

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