Gang researchers have robustly established that gangs facilitate increased criminal activity
in members—even those who were prolifically delinquent before gang membership (Klein …

Recent accounts of violence and criminal sophistication associated with contemporary street
gangs have produced a growing number of policymakers and social scientists who believe …

Prison officials often place gang affiliates in restrictive housing, yet little is known about what
effect this experience has on their subsequent behavior. Two competing hypotheses on the …

Action on gang crime: recent developments com m unity safety policy Page 1 Community Safety
Journal • Volume 7 Issue 1 • February 2008 © Pavilion Journals (Brighton) Ltd 9 ABSTRACT …

Gang membership is one of the most well-known correlates of offending, and this
relationship has been documented for nearly a century. Despite this considerable amount of …

There has been resurgence in risk assessment and classification tools in criminal justice that
are used to identify special populations and manage correctional populations (Simon …

Current knowledge of street gangs and related crime is limited. Media reports would have us
believe that they account for the recent increase in juvenile violence; that they are …

Summary of a presentation by C. Ronald Huff, Ohio State University the past decade, the
problem of gang-related has become a significant policy issue in the States. According to …

Highlights from this report regarding the status of gangs and gang membership in North
Carolina as of January 1, 2011 include: there were 12,845 individuals identified as gang …

While growing scholarship has been crucial in understanding gang policing's nature and
impacts, there is currently limited research focusing on how policing relies upon fragmenting …