Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a
relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a crisis in confidence in …

Objectives To conduct a systematic review examining the extent to which there is crime
displacement or a diffusion of crime control benefits in social control interventions …

Purpose We argue that inadequate frameworks to compare similar gang control strategies,
and the scarcity of well-designed evaluations have hindered our ability to determine the …

Gang research has spanned nearly a century. In that time, we have learned that gang
membership increases the chances of involvement in homicide as a victim or offender. The …

This paper provides a summary of our report for the National Academy of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine on proactive policing. We find that there is sufficient scientific …

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 …

Background: Gang membership is a significant contributor to delinquency and violent
victimization among adolescents. Yet, there is considerable variability in the extent to which …

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 systematic literature review and meta-analysis of evaluation studies on street gang
control strategies focused on articles and reports from multiple bibliographic databases. The …

Este artículo ofrece una serie de reflexiones originales sobre la definición de las bandas
juveniles y resume algunos de los debates claves en el campo de investigación sobre …