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	NCJ Number:	NCJ 142968
	Title:	General Community Design: Technical Assistance Manual
	Document URL:	Text PDF
	Dataset URL:	DATASET 1
	Author(s):	I A Spergel
	Corporate Author:	University of Chicago School of Social Service Admin National Youth Gang Suppression and Intervention Project United States of America
	Date Published:	1992
	Page Count:	80
	Annotation:	This manual identifies the key steps to be taken by the planner in the design of a community approach to dealing with the youth gang problem.
	Abstract:	It emphasizes the importance of problem and resource analysis and the development of appropriate structures, including policy and program mechanisms. The discussion focuses on the nature of relevant programming and targeting by certain youth area agencies for the purposes of suppression and intervention. How to coordinate agency, program, and local community leaders and residents is described. Issues of funding and program evaluation are also discussed. This manual is distinguished from the "Community Mobilization" and "Grass-Roots Organization" manuals by its emphasis on technical planning and analysis required by the policymaker or administrator who must take a broad city or area-wide interagency view of the problem and develop a coordinated approach to it. The three manuals are complementary. The "General Community Design Model" should also be used as a reference, since it provides rationales for many of the steps and procedures recommended in this manual. The action areas covered in the manual are problem, policy, and measure assessment; the development of youth gang policy and program structure; program goals, strategies, and objectives; relevant cross-agency, cross- community programming; coordination and community participation; staff selection and training; funding; and research and evaluation. Appended list of program reports, glossary and discussion of terms, tables, and a research paradigm
	Main Term(s):	Community action programs ; Juvenile/Youth Gangs
	Index Term(s):	Juveniles ; Crime specific countermeasures ; Program implementation ; Police ; Program design ; Technical assistance resources
	Sponsoring Agency:	Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention US Dept of Justice United States of America
	Grant Number:	90-JD-CX-K001
	Publication Number:	D0017
	Sale Source:	NCJRS Photocopy Services Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 United States of America National Youth Gang Information Ctr 4301 North Fairfax Drive Suite 730 Fairfax, VA 22203 United States of America
	Type:	Training (Handbook/Manual)
	Country:	United States of America
	Language:	English
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