Gang violence prevention programs

Click here to share. Gang Involvement Prevention. Collaboration Profiles Memphis Fast Forward. National Youth Gang Survey Analysis. Uniform Crime Reports. Highlights from the Summit on Preventing Youth Violence. Just Launched! Redesigned YE4C. September Summit on Preventing Youth Violence. Programs Gang Resistence and Education Program. Publications National Gang Threat Assessment. Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership.

Highlights of the National Youth Gang Survey. Juvenile Justice Bulletin: Gang Prevention. Predictors of Youth Violence. The Impact of Gangs on Communities. Violence by Gang Members, Resources Gender-Specific Programming. Research and Evaluation Projects on Gangs. Risk and Protective Factors Data Tool.

Websites Federal Bureau of Prisons. Gangs Security Threat Groups. National Gang Center. Youth Topics Adverse Effects. Girls, Juvenile Delinquency, and Gangs. Prevention Efforts. Law enforcement suppression strategies and intensive services target and rehabilitate the most violent gangs and older, criminally active gang members. For more information about why youths join gangs and gang prevention strategies, the bulletin is available in full PDF, 24 Pages.

Learn about six communities and their innovative strategies to address youth violence. The following are some key findings: Youth join gangs for protection, enjoyment, respect, money, or because a friend is in a gang.

Youth are at higher risk of joining a gang if they engage in delinquent behaviors, are aggressive or violent, experience multiple caretaker transitions, have many problems at school, associate with other gang-involved youth, or live in communities where they feel unsafe and where many youth are in trouble. To prevent youth from joining gangs, communities must strengthen families and schools, improve community supervision, train teachers and parents to manage disruptive youth, and teach students interpersonal skills.

In the meantime, to prevent youth from joining gangs, communities must employ multiple strategies and services, including: Addressing elevated risk factors for joining a gang.

Strengthening families. Improving community-level supervision of youth. Providing training for teachers on how to manage disruptive students. Providing training for parents of disruptive and delinquent youth. Ensuring that punitive sanctions target delinquent gang behaviors, not gang apparel, signs, and symbols.

Providing tutoring for students who are performing poorly in school. Increasing adult supervision of students after school. Providing interpersonal skills training to students to help resolve conflicts. Providing a center for youth recreation and referrals for services.

Providing gang awareness training for school personnel, parents, and students.