This review provides an opportunity to assess the current state of gang research and
suggest directions for its future. There has been a dramatic increase in research on gangs …

This Element examines an increasingly important community crime prevention strategy-
focused deterrence. This strategy seeks to change offender behavior by understanding …

In many US cities, gun violence is the most urgent crime problem. High rates of deadly
violence make a city less livable, dragging down quality of life, economic development, and …

Tackling street gangs has recently been highlighted as a priority for public health. In this
paper, the four components of a public health approach were reviewed:(1) surveillance,(2) …

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 …

This chapter addresses each of the elements, assesses the evidence base regarding
impact, and focuses on the new status of focused deterrence as a crime prevention …

Pity the poor soul who, more than twenty years ago, would have predicted that hard-core
street cops would be sitting down with serious violent offenders, telling them politely to …

This chapter draws out points of comparison and contrast among the three most prominent
models addressing youth gun violence connected to gangs and groups: focused deterrence …

This chapter explains a study which researchers in collaboration with program managers
and program providers developed an assessment to support secondary gang prevention for …

Twenty years ago, a group of researchers founded the “Eurogang Program of Research,” a
loosely knit network of researchers and policymakers concerned with gangs and …