Objective To assess the effect of civil gang injunctions on crime. Methods We use data on
the location and date of 46 gang injunctions between 1993 and 2013 and quarterly crimes …

Research Summary: Civil gang injunctions are an increasingly popular gang suppression
tactic. This article reports on the first scientific evaluation of the community impact of this …

Several cities have recently adopted civil injunctions as a means to reduce gang violence.
To evaluate the effectiveness of such injunctions, I develop an extensive database of …

While violence across the United States has declined dramatically over the past two
decades, gang-related crimes remain at unacceptably high rates, especially within the city of …

Abstract Research Question Did gang members and gangs named by police in four
separate court-ordered 24-month injunctions, issued at different times, reduce the frequency …

Civil gang injunctions (CGIs) are an increasingly popular street gang control tech-nique.
Although admired by criminal justice officials, we know relatively little about how differing …

Civil gang injunctions (CGIs) are court-ordered restraining orders that are being utilized in
the name of controlling the daily routine of alleged gang members, reducing crime, and …

Abstract The City of Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development
(GRYD) program was conceived as a comprehensive response to gang violence. Unlike …

Gangs have been with us a long time. Gang injunctions have been with us for about 20
years, if we define" us" as residents or students of Southern California, where the tactic …

Comparing the centrality of gangs and changing structure in attack behavior, this study
examines the effects of civil gang injunctions (CGIs) on violence involving 23 gangs (seven …