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There 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 ...
Date Published: October 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 gun violence and drug crime. It is clear that gangs, guns, drugs and violence are interconnected. [1]
Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership. A new book offers evidence-based principles that can halt the cascading impact of gangs on youth, families, neighborhoods and society at large. Stockbyte, royalty-free (see reuse policy). The gang problem in the United States has remained stubbornly persistent over the past decade. Here are the facts:
Gangs remain one of the more formidable issues that corrections officials face in managing prisons. About 200,000 of the 1.5 million people incarcerated in the U.S. are affiliated with gangs, and there is no sign that prison gang activity is abating.[1] Gangs are responsible for a disproportionate amount of prison misconduct and violence, and their presence and actions challenge ongoing ...
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 long hoped that what works against gangs could also help build community resilience to the emergence of homegrown violent extremists, but recent research suggests that gang members and domestic extremists have too few traits in ...
The roles of race and ethnicity in gang membership are becoming increasingly complicated; more gangs are becoming multiracial, which affects the role of race and ethnicity, especially with respect to conflicts between gangs. Research-based evidence on how race and ethnicity should influence gang membership prevention strategies is still limited.
Gang-involved youth are responsible for a disproportionate share of crime in communities.[1] Successfully tackling gang involvement and associated criminal activities should result in a substantial reduction of crime — including violent crime — in affected neighborhoods. To that end, many programs and strategies have been developed to prevent gang involvement, reduce the criminal ...
Abstract. Previous research on the effects of gang membership has held that gang membership increases the delinquency of youth, both during and after gang membership. Empirical research has also suggested an increase in victimization rates among gang-involved youth. The current study expanded on this body of research by exploring whether gang ...
A Comparative Study of Domestic Extremists and Gang Members in the United States,” Justice Quarterly 35 no. 1 (2018): 1-32. All data in this paragraph come from Michael H. Becker et al., “A Comparative Study of Initial Involvement in Gangs and Political Extremism,” Terrorism and Political Violence 34 no. 8 (2022): 1647-1664.
Assessment. To make anti-gang strategies most successful, an important first step involves conducting an assessment of the problem. An up-front assessment of a problem helps leaders understand the problem in as much detail as possible. The leaders can then focus planning and target their actions on a plan that saves time and money in the long run.