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Gang Prevention

Girls, Juvenile Delinquency, and Gangs

While female juvenile justice system involvement is the lowest it has been since the 1970s and females make up a little less than 10 percent of the overall gang population, research suggests that girls may account for between one-fourth and one-half of the gang members in younger adolescent gangs.1 Overall, ...

Risk and Protective Factors

The risk and protective factors of youth gang involvement can span multiple domains from the individual level (aggressiveness) to the peer (delinquent siblings), school (academic failure), and community levels (poverty). Risk factors encourage or increase the likelihood of youth participating in gangs; whereas a protective factor acts as a buffer ...

Forum on Youth Violence Prevention

2015 Issue 28 (PDF, 3 pages) — June 2015, Volume 5, Number 6 Long Beach Seeks Peer-Sharing Opportunities Alive and Free in Seattle Faith Communities Come Together in Violence Prevention Issue 27 (PDF, 2 pages) — May 2015, Volume 5, Number 5 Healing Historical Trauma Youth Violence Efforts Align at 2015 Summit Issue 26 (PDF, 3 pages) — ...

National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention (NFYVP)

The Forum models a new kind of federal/local collaboration, encouraging its members to change the way they do business by sharing common challenges and promising strategies, and through coordinated action.

Memphis Fast Forward

The City of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee have developed three interwoven violence prevention initiatives—Operation: Safe Community, the Memphis Youth Violence Prevention Plan, and the Defending Childhood Initiative. Key components that support the structure of these initiatives include developing a strong, representative board of directors and diverse community partners to support implementation; involving ...

Violence Prevention

Youth violence is preventable. To prevent and eliminate violence and improve youth well-being, communities should employ evidence-based, comprehensive approaches that address the multiple factors that impact violence, both factors that increase risk of violence and factors that buffer against risk and promote positive youth development and well-being. ...

Youth Gangs and Schools

Few schools escape dynamics and behaviors that are associated with gangs. Think, for example, about bullying, disruptive intergroup conflicts, drug sales and abuse, and vandalism such as theft, graffiti, and other forms of property damage. From both a policy and practice perspective, it is essential for schools to understand and ...
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