This sophomore/junior level core text is intended for the juvenile delinquency course taught
in criminal justice, criminology, and sociology departments at both four year and two year …

This book is an historical account of the emergence of youth gangs and the transformation of
these into street gangs in the United States. The author traces the emergence of these …

Purpose The current study investigates the application of risk terrain modeling (RTM) to
forecast gang violence. RTM is routinely utilized to predict future criminal events in micro …

This study explored how changes in neighborhood structural characteristics predicted
variation in gang versus non-gang homicides in a policing division of the Los Angeles Police …

Using a social determinants of health framework, we argue that the majority of evidence-
based interventions focused on child and adolescent mental health are limited by their focus …

Research has increasingly moved toward a consensus that violent crime declines as
neighborhoods gentrify, yet some studies find the direction of this relationship varies by type …

Youth violence and gang involvement are severe public health issues. The purpose of this
study was to examine the roles and benefits of recreation in the prevention, intervention, and …

PURPOSE: This study examines the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative (CAGI)
implemented across 12 US jurisdictions METHODS: Annual firearm homicide trends are …

Notional Gong Center rogress has been slow in developing antigang programs. Preventing
gangs from forming and eliminating established gangs altogether seems impossible when …

This article examines the public policy benefits of gang research. In particular, the author
highlights the benefits of longitudinal research on gang members in several cities and multi …