The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has published Gang Prevention: An Overview of Research and Programs. The bulletin presents an overview of gang research and programs in the United States and examines how gangs form and why youth join them. It also describes how community members can start assessing their gang problems and enhance prevention and intervention activities to help prevent delinquency and gang violence. The author identifies promising and effective programs for gang prevention.
Resources: Gang Prevention: An Overview of Research and Programs (NCJ 231116) is available at www.ojjdp.gov/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=253165
Print copies can be ordered online from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
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