Youth Violence - Youth Gangs

Publications

For additional resources on this topic, conduct a search of the NCJRS Abstracts Database and visit the following sections of our Web site:

• Crime: Gang Crime
• Juvenile Justice: Gangs
• Juvenile Justice: Violent Offenders

Related Resources

Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program
The G.R.E.A.T. program provides classroom instruction for school-aged children and a wide range of community-based activities that result in the necessary life skills and a sense of competency, usefulness, and personal empowerment that are needed to avoid involvement in youth violence and criminal activity.

In the Spotlight: Gangs
This NCJRS resource provides a comprehensive compilation of information on gangs, including publications, statistics, legislation, programs, and other resources.

National Gang Center (NGC)
The NGC is a collaborative effort between the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. This partnership recognizes that street gang activities transcend ages of the members and that we must consider strategies ranging from prevention through intervention, suppression, and aftercare to combat them.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP's Gang Reduction Program is designed to reduce gang activity in targeted neighborhoods by incorporating a broad spectrum of research-based interventions to address the range of personal, family, and community factors that contribute to juvenile delinquency and gang activity.

United States Department of Justice: At-Risk Youth and Gang Prevention
This site provides information targeting faith-based and other grassroots, community organizations on how these organizations can help to prevent and neutralize juvenile delinquency, especially gang-related crime.

Youth Gang Prevention Initiative
This Initiative seeks to prioritize prevention programs in order to provide America's youth and offenders returning to the community with opportunities that help them resist gang involvement and to ensure robust enforcement policies when gang-related violence does occur.

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