Summary
This collection of papers presents a representative selection of NIJ's portfolio of gang-related research. The genesis was the upsurge in gang crime beginning in the mid-1980s, which promted NIJ to expand research in this area.
Contents
1. A decade of gang research: findings of the National Institute of Justice Gang Portfolio.-- 2. The evolution of street gangs: an examination of form and variation. -- 3. Young women in street gangs: risk factors, delinquency, and victimization risk. -- 4. Youth gang homicides in the United States in the 1990s. -- 5. National evaluation of the Gang Resistance education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program. -- 6. Evaluting Navada's antigang legislation and Gang Prosecution Units. -- 7. Evaluation of a task force approach to gangs.-- 8. Gang prevention programs for female adolescent: an evaluation. -- 9. Reducing gang violence in Boston.-- 10. Developing a GIS-Based Regional Gang Incident Tracking System.