Note
Issued also in French under title: La nature des gangs urbains au Canada et l’utilisation qu’ils font des armes à feu : recension des écrits et enquête auprès de services policiers.
"June 7, 2006"--Title page.
Summary
"The purpose of this project is threefold; to bring together all available
studies on Canadian urban gangs, both qualitative and quantitative; to produce a police-based profile of
Canadian urban gangs with particular attention paid to firearm use in six Canadian cities (Toronto,
Montreal, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Regina and Halifax) and to describe a sample of police-initiated or
police-implemented programs that deal with urban gang members and their use of guns.
Questions pertaining to the nature of urban gangs and police initiated programs were drafted into a survey
format and sent to police officials in the six cities. Responses to the police survey and information from
published research sources were combined for the content of this report."--Page v.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 1.1. Purpose -- 1.2. Research methods -- 1.3. Limitations -- 2. Canadian studies on urban gangs -- 2.1. Definitions -- 2.2. Demographics -- 2.3. Reasons for joining a street gang -- 2.4. Gang activities -- 2.5. Use of weapons by gangs -- 2.6. Ties to organized crime groups -- 3. Results of the police survey -- 3.1. Vancouver -- 3.2. Regina -- 3.3. Winnipeg -- 3.4. Toronto -- 3.5. Montreal -- 3.6. Halifax -- 4. Summary -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A. --
Urban gangs and weapon use:
a survey of six cities.