| NCJ Number: |
169320   |
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| Title: |
Youth Gang Drug Trafficking and Homicide: Policy and Program Implications |
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| Journal: |
Juvenile Justice Volume:4 Issue:2 Dated:(December 1997) Pages:9-20 |
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| Author(s): |
J C Howell |
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| Date Published: |
1997 |
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| Page Count: |
12 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Rockville, MD 20849-6000 |
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| Sale Source: |
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States of America |
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| Type: |
Literature Review |
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| Format: |
Article |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
This review of research on youth gang drug trafficking and homicide concludes that connection between drug law offenses and homicide is not basically a gang phenomenon. |
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| Abstract: |
Some gang migration is related to drug market expansion and other criminal activities. Some youth gangs are involved in drug trafficking in particular communities in certain cities. However, youth gang studies have provided little information about the adult criminal organizations that manage and control drug trafficking operations. Studies also document youth gang drug wars. The growing use of increasingly lethal weapons have also resulted in increases in gang homicides. Nevertheless, studies of youth gang homicides reveal that homicides committed by individual gang members may be as prevalent as those committed in conjunction with the gang. The findings indicate that more attention should be focused on solving youth gang problems. The priority should be youth gang homicides, which appear to be increasing. The most cost-effective long-term strategy to address the youth gang problem may be to prevent children and adolescents from joining gangs. The program model that proves to be most effective in reducing gang homicides is likely to contain multiple and collaborating components that include prevention, social intervention, treatment, suppression, and community mobilization. Photograph, notes, and 68 references |
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| Main Term(s): |
Juvenile gang behavior patterns |
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| Index Term(s): |
Drug Related Crime; Gang Prevention; Violent juvenile offenders |
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