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- What Is a Gang? Definitions - National Institute of Justice
Defining "gang member" and "gang crime" Localities interested in pursuing anti-gang policies, strategies and programs face the challenge of developing operational definitions for the terms "gang," "gang member" and "gang crime" (or "gang-related offense")
- Gangs and Gang Crime - National Institute of Justice
On this page, find links to articles, awards, events, publications, and multimedia related to gangs and gang crime
- Overview of Gangs and Gang Crime - National Institute of Justice
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]
- The Attraction of Gangs: How Can We Reduce It?
Get the Book This page gives an overview of one section of the book Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership Learn more about the book and how to get copies
- The Prison and the Gang - National Institute of Justice
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 of illegal activity Emerging evidence suggests that prisoners enter and exit gangs while incarcerated Prison officials have constructed intelligence apparatuses to document and manage gang populations There is no consensus
- Youth Gangs and Definitional Issues: When is a Gang a Gang, and Why . . .
The analysis compared gang and nongang youths with respect to demographic characteristics, theoretical factors, and levels of self-reported crime and considered the theoretical and policy implications of shifting definitions of gang membership Data collection took place in the spring of 1995
- Managing Gangs in Schools - National Institute of Justice
This overview of the management of gangs in schools discusses why youth join gangs, gang prevention strategies in a school context, and tips for school police officers in investigating gang activities in school
- Using Restrictive Housing to Manage Gangs in U. S. Prisons
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
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