While the Injury & Violence Prevention Program is in the
process of preparing helpful fact sheets and awareness
information for the public on gang awareness and
prevention, the following is a brief review on the
resources and prevention of gang affiliation. For those
items underlined, hold the “control” key down and right
"click" to be directed to that link.
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Programs-Los Angeles County (Updated May 2011)
Los Angeles
County Interagency Gang Task Force:
SAFESTATE: A
project of the California Attorney General's Crime and
Violence Prevention Center. The goal of SAFESTATE is to
serve as a portal to statewide crime and violence
prevention information. The site provides practical
information on child abuse, domestic violence, drug and
alcohol abuse, elder abuse, gangs and youth violence,
hate crimes, high-tech crimes, violence in schools and
other topics. The site includes the latest statistics,
research, model practices, useful action steps, funding
sources, upcoming events and links to other state and
national sites. SAFESTATE also provides county related
violence data.
City of Los Angeles Police Department-Gangs:
Provides information on local gangs, awareness, warning
signs, & prevention.
National
Gang Crime Research Center: Formed in 1990, the
NGCRC exists today as a non-profit independent agency.
We carry out research on gangs and gang
members, disseminate information through publications
and reports, and provide training and consulting and
speaking services.
National Youth Gang Center: The Center conducts
assessments of the scope and characteristics of youth
gang activity in the United States, develops resources
and makes them available to the field, and provides
training and technical assistance in support of
community-based prevention, intervention, and
suppression efforts.
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center:
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center web
site, www.safeyouth.org, and call center,
1-866-SAFEYOUTH (723-3968), serve as a user-friendly,
single point of access to Federal information on youth
violence. Developed by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and other Federal partners, the Resource
Center provides current information developed by Federal
agencies or with Federal support pertaining to youth
violence. A gateway for professionals, parents, youth
and other interested individuals, the Resource Center
offers the latest tools to facilitate discussion with
children, to resolve conflicts nonviolently, to stop
bullying, to prevent teen suicide, and to end violence
committed by and against young people. Resources include
fact sheets, best practices documents, funding and
conference announcements, statistics, research
bulletins, surveillance reports, and profiles of
promising programs.
Programs Help Prevent Youth Violence:
After school programs and other extra-curricular
programs which help prevent youth violence convene
regularly and offer safe, structured activities to help
kids learn new skills and develop responsibility. After
school and extra-curricular programs reduce the
potential for youth violence, Many resources are
available online to help you start a program to prevent
youth violence in your school or community. More
resources on after school programs are available in our
Violence Prevention Topics section. Because substance
abuse greatly increases the risk of youth violence,
effective substance abuse education programs can be a
key element of violence prevention. Conflict resolution
also provides students with the skills to avoid or
resolve potentially violent situations.
Strategic Risk-Based Response to Youth Gangs: This
article presents a framework for a strategic risk-based
response to youth gangs that can be adopted even without
full communitywide collaboration and regardless of
whether the primary focus is prevention, intervention,
or suppression or a combination of these methods.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
Highlights of the 2002 National Youth Gang Survey:
The 2002 National Youth Gang Survey is the eighth annual
survey conducted since 1995 by the National Youth Gang
Center. The 2002 survey used a newly selected sample of
law enforcement agencies based on updated data from the
U.S. Census Bureau and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of
Justice
Comparing the Criminal Behavior of Youth Gangs and
At-Risk Youth: This brief describes a study that
explored the differences between the criminal behavior
of youth gang members and nongang, but similarly
at-risk, youths. Federal Partner: National Institute of
Justice, U.S. Department of Justice
Modern-Day Youth Gangs: The proliferation of gangs
into smaller cities, towns, suburbs, and even rural
communities has led experts to question whether
modern-day youth gangs differ significantly from their
inner-city predecessors. Drawing on data from the 1996
and 1998 National Youth Gang Surveys, this Bulletin
reveals systematic differences between communities with
earlier and later onset gang problems. Federal Partner:
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
U.S. Department of Justice
Youth Gangs in Schools: This bulletin presents
results of analyses of gang-related data gathered by the
1995 School Crime Supplements (SCS) to the National
Crime Victim Survey. It describes characteristics of
gangs in schools, and discusses contributory factors to
gang prevalence in schools. The impact of gang presence
in schools on victimization is also reviewed.
Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement: After
describing the key characteristics of youth gangs, this
Bulletin examines risk factors for gang membership,
including individual and family demographics, personal
attributes, and peer group, school, and community
factors. Gang prevention strategies are presented and
illustrated with examples of primary, secondary, and
tertiary prevention programs. Primary prevention targets
the entire at-risk population, while secondary
prevention focuses on those identified as being at
greatest risk for delinquency. Finally, tertiary
prevention efforts involve juvenile offenders and youth
gang members. Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of
Justice
Female Gangs: A Focus on Research: This bulletin
summarizes past and present research and tracks the rise
in the number of female gangs and the increased public
recognition of female gang involvement as a significant
social problem. The authors consider the motivations for
female gang membership, assess the delinquency and
criminal activity of female gang members, examine the
influence of ethnicity and gender norms on female gang
behavior, and discuss the long-term consequences of gang
membership. Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
Youth Gangs in Indian Country: This Bulletin
describes the nature and makeup of youth gangs in Indian
country. The findings presented are the result of a 2001
National Youth Gang Center survey. Researchers found
that youth gangs in Indian country did not differ
greatly from youth gangs in comparably sized
communities. Indian country youth gangs, however, were
noticeably different from youth gangs as depicted
through national statistics. Federal Partner: Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S.
Department of Justice
LISTSERV
Comprehensive Health Education Network (CHEN): To
sign up, e-mail Marty Bush at martyb@ccsso.org This
listserve, hosted by the Council of Chief State School
Officers, connects state education agency staff and
colleagues around the U.S. who work on school health
issues.
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
(NCIPC) News and Announcements: The CDC’s Injury Center
e-mail list for news and events announcements.
HHS Weekly Report: This e-newsletter brings you the latest news and
announcements from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) News Room Updates: Sign
up to receive new HRSA press releases by e-mail.
U.S. Department of Education Newsletters and Journals: 8 e-newsletters
including a weekly press release digest, No Child Left Behind Act news, and
education statistics.
Johns Hopkins Center for
the Prevention of Youth Violence – Items of Interest: This e-mail list will
keep you up to date on Maryland and national program and funding opportunities,
opportunities for youth, calendars, research, resources, news, and notices
relating to the prevention of youth violence and positive youth development. The
Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence is a CDC-funded
Academic Center of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention.
SafetyLit Injury Prevention Literature
Update: This weekly e-mail update lists the latest research summarized on
the SafetyLit Web site. The Web site offers abstracts of English language
reports from researchers in several disciplines relevant to preventing
unintentional injuries, violence, and self-harm. SafetyLit is a free service of
the Center for Injury Prevention Policy and Practice at San Diego State
University, which receives partial support from the Maternal and Child Health
Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.
Know Gangs:: The Nation’s Leading Gang
Experts Know Gangs is the nation's leading private organization specializing in
gangs and dealing with gang-affiliated individuals.
Gang Prevention Incorporated To
provide superior quality training, consulting services and expert testimony to
the law enforcement, military, corrections, probation, parole, prosecution,
judicial and educational entities in the areas of street gang awareness,
activity and identification as well as all aspects of lethal and non-lethal
force applications.
Knowledge
Path: Adolescent Violence Prevention
Women &
Girls in the Criminal Justice System - Publications
Guiding Principles
for Promising Female Programming: An inventory of best practices
Girls, Gangs, & Crime —
Profile of the Young Female Offender
VARIOUS GANG INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS
Preventing
Adolescent Gang Involvement
Gang Resistance Education and Training
Gang-Free Schools
and Communities Program
The
California Wellness Foundation
Teens &
Violence
Texas Youth Commission
Gang Out
Let Our Violence End
Gang Prevention/Intervention Program
LEAGUE OF
MUNICIPALITIES GANG AND PREVENTION AND YOUTH VIOLENCE TASK FORCE
StreetGangs.Com
The Institute for
Intergovernmental Research-Comprehensive Approach to Youth Gangs
Operation Safe
Streets (OSS)
Teen Line Online(Gang Prevention
Page & Other Injury Prevention Hotline)
Gang
Prevention Resources: The "Get Rid of Gangs" page is a part of the
Department of Justice and The National Youth Network. Their website contains
tips for youth on how to avoid joining a gang, as well as an outreach to those
who are already in gangs. Visitors can also get information, publications and
statistics through a link to the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse.
Gang
Prevention Media
