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Chalas, Dawn Marie, and Jana Grekul. "I’ve Had Enough: Exploring Gang Life From the Perspective of (Ex) Members in Alberta." Prison Journal 97, no. 3 (May 11, 2017): 364–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032885517705312.

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Administrators and frontline workers in correctional centers and in the community search for effective gang prevention and intervention programs. To this aim, semistructured interviews with 175 male and female adult (ex) gang members in correctional centers and community corrections exploring a range of topics were conducted. Presented here is an overview of the childhood experiences of the sample, gang experiences, and prevention and intervention strategies identified as helpful by participants. Street–prison gang connections and the impact of gang desistance are explored, as is the influence of local context on the types of gangs and the implications for programming.
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Kolb, Abigail, and Ted Palys. "Homegirls, Hoodrats and Hos: Co-constructing Gang Status through Discourse and Performance." International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 5, no. 4 (December 1, 2016): 29–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v5i4.334.

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Despite a growing literature regarding female gang membership, little is known about the ways in which gang-affiliated women negotiate the boundaries of gang membership. The current study, based on semi-structured interviews with twenty-four formerly gang-affiliated Chicana women involved with a prominent gang prevention/intervention organization, sought to understand how these women negotiated their interactions and understood their identity within the gang. Findings suggest that these women and the gangs in which they operate recreate broader gender norms that affect their standing and social mobility within the gang.
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De Vito, Katherine. "Seeking a secure base: Gangs as attachment figures." Qualitative Social Work 19, no. 4 (May 24, 2019): 754–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473325019852659.

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Street gangs are problematic throughout the world. Youth involved with street gangs are at a higher risk for winding up seriously physically injured, dead, or incarcerated. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to examine (a) how the childhood experiences of former gang members shape their decision to join a gang and (b) the factors that contribute to former gang members’ decision to disengage from gang membership. This study will promote the use of attachment theory to analyze motivating/disengagement factors for gang involvement. The voices of 14 former gang members are heard through qualitative interviews. Thematic analysis was used to identify the following themes: Lack of Family Consistency, Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Unity: Gang as Replacement Family, “No other Option,” and “Jail, Death, or a Turnaround:” Making the Decision to Disengage. Findings could be used to aid in youth gang prevention and intervention.
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Vigil, James, Tomson Nguyen, and Jesse Cheng. "Asian Americans on the Streets: Strategies for Prevention and Intervention." AAPI Nexus Journal: Policy, Practice, and Community 4, no. 2 (2006): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.36650/nexus4.2_1-14_vigiletal.

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Notably lacking in the literature on Vietnamese and Cambodian youth gangs in the United States and particularly southern California have been solutions that address the underlying causative factors of gang involvement. Relying on life histories collected over a span of fifteen years, the authors propose a multi-faceted prevention and intervention strategy that includes the community and schools to heighten cultural awareness for children and parents. It is also recommended that policies take into account nuanced differences between Asian communities and bring together multiple stakeholders including officials and hard-core gang members to improve communicative problems that have resulted in gang-policy failures.
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Mallion, Jaimee, and Jane Wood. "Street Gang Intervention: Review and Good Lives Extension." Social Sciences 9, no. 9 (September 15, 2020): 160. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci9090160.

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Tackling street gangs has recently been highlighted as a priority for public health. In this paper, the four components of a public health approach were reviewed: (1) surveillance, (2) identifying risk and protective factors, (3) developing and evaluating interventions at primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary intervention stages, and (4) implementation of evidence-based programs. Findings regarding the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programs for street gang members were mixed, with unclear goals/objectives, limited theoretical foundation, and a lack of consistency in program implementation impeding effectiveness at reducing street gang involvement. This paper proposes that the Good Lives Model (GLM), a strengths-based framework for offender rehabilitation, provides an innovative approach to street gang intervention. Utilizing approach-goals, the GLM assumes that improving an individual’s internal skills and external opportunities will reduce the need to become involved in street gangs. Wrapping the GLM framework around current evidence-based interventions (e.g., Functional Family Therapy) increases client engagement and motivation to change, which is notably poor amongst those at risk of, or involved in, street gangs.
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Nyabadza, F., C. P. Ogbogbo, and J. Mushanyu. "Modelling the role of correctional services on gangs: insights through a mathematical model." Royal Society Open Science 4, no. 10 (October 2017): 170511. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170511.

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Research has shown that gang membership increases the chances of offending, antisocial behaviour and drug use. Gang membership should be acknowledged as part of crime prevention and policy designs, and when developing interventions and preventative programmes. Correctional services are designed to rehabilitate convicted offenders. We formulate a deterministic mathematical model using nonlinear ordinary differential equations to investigate the role of correctional services on the dynamics of gangs. The recruitment into gang membership is assumed to happen through an imitation process. An epidemic threshold value, R g , termed the gang reproduction number, is proposed and defined herein in the gangs’ context. The model is shown to exhibit the phenomenon of backward bifurcation. This means that gangs may persist in the population even if R g is less than one. Sensitivity analysis of R g was performed to determine the relative importance of different parameters in gang initiation. The critical efficacy ε * is evaluated and the implications of having functional correctional services are discussed.
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Valasik, Matthew, and Matthew Phillips. "Understanding modern terror and insurgency through the lens of street gangs: ISIS as a case study." Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice 3, no. 3 (September 18, 2017): 192–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcrpp-07-2016-0014.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use nearly a century’s worth of gang research to inform us about modern terrorist groups, specifically the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Design/methodology/approach A case study approach is employed, comparing and contrasting the competing theoretical frameworks of gangs and terrorist organisations to understand group structure, demographics, patterns of behaviour (e.g. territoriality, strategic, and instrumental violence), goals, and membership patterns of ISIS. Findings The qualitative differences of ISIS make them more comparable to street gangs than other terrorist groups. Practical implications ISIS, while being qualitatively different from other terrorist groups, actually has many similarities with street gangs allowing for the adaptation of effective gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies. This paper highlights how the expansive literature on street gangs is able to inform practical interventions to directly target ISIS and deradicalise potential recruits. By introducing a gang-terror nexus on the crime-terror continuum, this paper provides a useful perspective on the decentralised but dynamic nature of modern era insurgencies. This paper urges similar case studies of terrorist organisations to determine the extent to which they conform to street gang characteristics. Originality/value Terrorist groups are often compared to street gangs, yet it has not been until the last few years that gang researchers (Curry, 2011; Decker and Pyrooz, 2011, 2015a, b) have begun to compare and contrast these two deviant group archetypes. The goal of this paper is to use nearly a hundred years of gang research to better equip scholars and practitioners with a broader understanding of terrorism and insurgency in the era of globalisation by presenting a case study of ISIS using a street gang perspective.
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Wong, Jennifer S., Jason Gravel, Martin Bouchard, Karine Descormiers, and Carlo Morselli. "Promises kept? A meta-analysis of gang membership prevention programs." Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice 2, no. 2 (June 13, 2016): 134–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcrpp-06-2015-0018.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the effects of gang prevention programs on gang membership. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conducted a systematic literature review across 19 bibliographic databases and a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of these strategies. Findings – The database search resulted in 3,850 hits. Of the 162 studies that were screened in full, six involved a prevention program with outcomes commensurate for meta-analysis. Pooled log odds ratios indicate a significant, positive effect of gang prevention programs at reducing gang membership; however, sensitivity analysis demonstrates that the results are driven by the effects of a single study. Originality/value – Despite the small sample size, the current study presents the best available evidence regarding the effectiveness of gang membership prevention programs. There is a critical need in the field of gang control for rigorous evaluation of prevention strategies.
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Esbensen, Finn-Aage, L. Thomas Winfree, Ni He, and Terrance J. Taylor. "Youth Gangs and Definitional Issues: When is a Gang a Gang, and Why Does it Matter?" Crime & Delinquency 47, no. 1 (January 2001): 105–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128701047001005.

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The recent explosion in gang research has highlighted the importance of consistent definitions for gang affiliation and gang-related crime. Definitional questions have assumed greater significance in the wake of broad-ranging prevention and intervention strategies. In this article, the authors utilize a sample of approximately 6,000 middle-school students to examine the youth gang phenomenon using five increasingly restrictive membership definitions. The least restrictive definition includes all youth who claim gang membership at some point in time. The most restrictive definition includes only those youth who are current core gang members who indicate that their gang has some degree of organizational structure and whose members are involved in illegal activities. The authors examine the differentially defined gang and nongang youths on various demographic characteristics, theretical factors, and levels of self-reported crime. The authors also address the theoretical and policy implications of shifting definitions of gang membership.
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Forster, Myriam, Timothy J. Grigsby, Jennifer B. Unger, and Steve Sussman. "Associations between Gun Violence Exposure, Gang Associations, and Youth Aggression: Implications for Prevention and Intervention Programs." Journal of Criminology 2015 (February 5, 2015): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/963750.

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Using cross-sectional data collected from three middle schools in Southeast Los Angeles, we assessed the association of neighborhood violence exposure, gang associations, and social self-control with past week aggression in a sample of minority youth (n=164). Results from Poisson and logistic regression models showed that direct exposure to gun violence, having friends in gangs, and low social self control were all positively associated with past week aggression. Among girls, having gang affiliated family members was positively associated with aggression, whereas among boys having friends in gangs was associated with past week aggression. Subjective expectations of engagement in future interpersonal violence were associated with being male, having friends in gangs, and fear of neighborhood gun violence. We recommend that youth violence prevention and intervention programs address the impact of family, peers, and gun violence on student coping and identify students with low social self-control who could benefit from social and emotional skills training.
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Hughes, K. Michael, Devan Griner, Michelle Guarino, Bernie Drabik-Medeiros, and Kristy Williams. "A Second's Chance: Gang Violence Task Force Prevention Program." American Surgeon 78, no. 1 (January 2012): 89–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000313481207800142.

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We describe a gang violence intervention and define targets for prevention. At-risk youths were identified through courts, public schools, and law enforcement regarding gang-related activities. They participated in “A Second's Chance,” a true-to-life mock emergency department resuscitation and death of a gang member provided over an 18-month period. A questionnaire was completed by each participant. Forty-nine youths identified as at risk for gang involvement participated (37 male and 12 female, P < 0.001). Average age was 14.5 years (range, 10 to 19 years); 32 were black, 9 Hispanic, 6 white, and 2 other ( P < 0.05). Seventeen (35%) had prior arrests ( P = 0.059), 13 (77%) of whom had multiple arrests ( P < 0.05). Forty-one (84%) reported a family member jailed ( P < 0.001). Forty-two (86%) witnessed neighborhood criminal drug activity ( P < 0.001). Household leadership was predominately maternal (24 [49%], ( P < 0.05). Forty-four (90%) participants provided positive meaningful responses to the intervention ( P < 0.001). Gang violence prevention should be channeled through maternal family members. History of incarcerated relatives, acquaintances, and neighborhood exposure to drugs and crime may represent additional risk factors for gang-related involvement. Demonstrations of gang violence scenarios raise awareness to consequences of gang-related activities. Family and neighborhood characteristics should be included in development of intervention scenarios.
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van der Linde, DC. "The Proliferation of Criminal Gang Activities on the Cape Flats and the Subsequent Legislative and Policy Responses." Fundamina 28, no. 2 (2022): 73–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.47348/fund/v28/i2a3.

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The proliferation of criminal gang activity is inextricably linked to the lingering legacy of the apartheid regime. Decades after apartheid, the communities of the Cape Flats in the Western Cape face a continuous onslaught of violence, predominantly brought about by rival gangs competing for drug territories. The purpose of this contribution is to consider the government’s policy and legislative responses to gangsterism through a historical and constitutional paradigm. The contribution, first, provides a brief historical overview of the causative (especially legislative and socio-economic) factors that led to the proliferation of criminal gangs on the Cape Flats. Secondly, it investigates the violent reality of criminal gang activity in a postdemocratic South Africa. This part also focuses on the legislative response to organised crime, in particular chapter 4 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 (which deals with criminal gang activity), as well as on the various interventions and policies by the national and Western Cape Government to address the challenges related to gangsterism.
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Vigil, James Diego. "Streets and Schools: How Educators Can Help Chicano Marginalized Gang Youth." Harvard Educational Review 69, no. 3 (September 1, 1999): 270–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.17763/haer.69.3.237k013137x7313x.

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The relationship between streets and schools for Chicano gang youth is at the heart of this article. Author Diego Vigil argues that understanding how streets and schools intersect in ways that interfere with the learning and school performance of Chicano gang youth may be the key to offering them a more positive schooling experience. Using his multiple marginality framework, Vigil examines how gangs socialize Chicano youth to be gang members. He also examines how home and school are complicit in that socialization. Typically, street children exhibit behaviors in classrooms that interfere with their academic learning. In turn, educators are not well enough informed about gang culture to foster behaviors that result in successful academic performance. Vigil issues a call to parents and teachers to actively participate in the prevention, intervention, and suppression of gang activity. The author presents three Los Angeles–based programs as examples of how schools can successfully serve gang children. While Vigil argues that schools have exacerbated the problem, he remains convinced that schools — working in a concerted and respectful effort with the home and the community — present the best hope for countering street socialization.
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Barrett-Wallis, Rebecca, and Alanaise Goodwill. "The Enhanced Critical Incident Technique Investigation of Girls’ Perceptions of Prosocial Connectedness in a Wraparound Program." Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy 54, no. 4 (September 20, 2020): 756–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.47634/cjcp.v54i4.68858.

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Women and girls are being implicated in gang-related operations at alarming rates. Anti-social gang behaviours such as drug trafficking, sexual exploitation, gun violence, and street entrenchment are of particular concern. British Columbia has seen a rise in gang-associated violence and homicide directed at or involving women over the last decade. Positive youth development initiatives such as the one in this study aim to support youth currently involved in or at risk of being involved in gangs. School personnel identify students who are exposed to anti-social gang behaviours and refer them to a wraparound program where they are matched with an adult mentor who works with them and their families to facilitate prosocial connections to five life domains: (a) school, (b) community, (c) home, (d) prosocial peers, and (e) the self. A 2012 evaluation report determined the program to be effective in reaching its objectives with a predominantly male population (84%). However, between 2015 and 2016, the program dramatically increased its responsiveness to girls, with a nearly 50% increase in female referrals. Using the enhanced critical incident technique (ECIT), the purpose of the study was to describe how female-identifying students articulate “prosocial connectedness” within the context of their experiences in a school-based wraparound gang prevention program. Critical incidents were collected by the first author, who interviewed eight girls and asked them the following: “What has helped/hindered/would have better helped facilitate your prosocial connectedness?” Findings were organized into 34 categories. ECIT analyses point to the effectiveness of using a relational/attachment model to inform strategies for gang prevention and school-based intervention in female youth.
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Patton, Desmond U., Sadiq Patel, Jun Sung Hong, Megan L. Ranney, Marie Crandall, and Lyle Dungy. "Tweets, Gangs, and Guns: A Snapshot of Gang Communications in Detroit." Violence and Victims 32, no. 5 (2017): 919–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-16-00040.

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The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of violent and criminal Twitter communications among gang-affiliated individuals in Detroit, Michigan. We analyzed 8.5 million Detroit gang members’ tweets from January 2013 to March 2014 to assess whether they contained Internet banging–related keywords. We found that 4.7% of gang-affiliated user tweets consisted of terms related to violence and crime. Violence and crime-related communications fell into 4 main categories: (a) beefing (267,221 tweets), (b) grief (79,971 tweets), (c) guns (3,551 tweets), and (d) substance use and distribution (47,638 tweets). Patterns in violent and criminal communication that may be helpful in predicting future gang activities were identified, which has implications for violence prevention research, practice, and policy.
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Ramos, Anthony. "Sketches Toward an Ontology of Non-Dwelling: Mara Salvatrucha 13, Radical Homelessness, and Postglobality." Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy 25, no. 1 (September 15, 2017): 61–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jffp.2017.814.

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In 1988, the California state legislature passed the California Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act (STEP), which allowed courts to “enhance” the sentences of offenders who have been proven to "promote, further, or assist in any criminal conduct by gang members." It bundled together criminality, policing, and incarceration in ways that drew upon the fears of the black/latino Others that were imminent in panics surrounding the “crack epidemic” and inner-city crime. Jumping to April 2016, the Salvadoran government has passed strikingly similar legislation, which centers on reclassifying gang-associated crimes as terroristic; in essence under their new laws gang affiliation is a terrorist. This, too, has been enacted in the midst of panic about gang violence and low-level warfare between gangs and the Salvadoran state. The adoption of US-style anti-gang approaches by the Salvadoran government is not new. In 2003, the right-wing government passed mano dura [“iron fist”] policies that sought to address increases in gang associate crime with zero-tolerance, tough-on-crime measures. Law enforcement received expanded leeway to target and arrest gang members, especially those from Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) and Barrio 18. Despite the lack of sustained reductions in violent crime, the mano durapolicies have remained and will only be exacerbated by the new legislation.
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Thurman, Quint C., Andrew L. Giacomazzi, Michael D. Reisig, and David G. Mueller. "Community-Based Gang Prevention and Intervention: An Evaluation of the Neutral Zone." Crime & Delinquency 42, no. 2 (April 1996): 279–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128796042002009.

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This article presents an assessment of the Neutral Zone, a community-based gang prevention and intervention program developed in Mountlake Terrace and now operating in several other Washington communities. The Neutral Zone offers youths at risk of joining a gang or already gang-affiliated an attractive and safe alternative for productively spending their time. An evaluation suggests that this late evening program provides viable recreational and social service activities to some 190 youths each Friday and Saturday night. Data from direct observation, focus group interviews with participants and program staff, and official crime statistics indicate that the Neutral Zone is an effective alternative to traditional law enforcement approaches which typically rely on police crackdowns and curfews to regulate gang activity.
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Ashton, Sally-Ann, and Anna Bussu. "Peer groups, street gangs and organised crime in the narratives of adolescent male offenders." Journal of Criminal Psychology 10, no. 4 (September 21, 2020): 277–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcp-06-2020-0020.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how young people who offend with others define delinquent and criminal groups and consider the social risk factors associated with gang membership and criminal exploitation. Design/methodology/approach The sample consisted of 15 young people who were purposively sampled from a group of 14- to 17-year-old males who had been identified as at risk of gang involvement and referred to a community-based programme. Using a social identity framework, a thematic analysis was undertaken to investigate how the participants viewed their role in offending as part of a group. Findings The participants identified peer groups, street gangs and the involvement of adult criminals as distinct categories of offending groups. Unlike prior models for gang involvement, some members of the sample were involved in multiple groups to perform different categories of crime. Importantly, participants displayed an awareness of exploitation and described successful exit strategies from criminal groups. Research limitations/implications Understanding how young people who are involved in delinquent behaviour and offending define gang and group offending. Practical implications The implications for gang and group offending prevention and intervention programmes are discussed. Originality/value The literature on child criminal exploitation and UK drug markets is in its infancy. This paper offers further evidence for the processes of joining and leaving delinquent and criminal groups.
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Foran, Christopher P., Damon H. Clark, Torey Alling, Irene Meza Sanchez, Briah Fischer, Reynold Henry, Kazuhide Matsushima, Kenji Inaba, and Demetrios G. Demetriades. "Laser Tattoo Removal: A New Tool for Hospital-based Violence Prevention?" American Surgeon 86, no. 10 (October 2020): 1337–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0003134820964443.

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Introduction Gang-related tattoos may increase an individual’s risk for violent victimization. We present our early experience using a physician-staffed tattoo removal initiative as 1 component of a violence prevention program. Methods Surgeons from our trauma department in partnership with a community advocacy group performed voluntary laser tattoo removal for individuals within our catchment area. Clients were asked to complete a voluntary, anonymous survey. This survey addressed tattoo acquisition, identified motives and goals for tattoo removal, and reported if those goals were met by the tattoo removal service. Issues involving gang affiliation and interpersonal violence were specifically queried. Results are listed as simple percentages. Results 81 of 122 (66%) program enrollees completed the survey. The average number of laser removal sessions at the time of questionnaire was 3 (range 1-15). 41% of respondents possessed gang or “crew” related tattoos. 22% of respondents possessed a tattoo related to an intimate partner who was gang affiliated. 21% of respondents desired tattoo removal for the motive of leaving gang affiliation with 94% of those respondents reporting success. 59% of respondents sought tattoo removal to improve employment opportunities with 81% of those respondents reporting success. 30% of respondents desired tattoo removal to improve personal safety or avoid violence with 80% of those respondents reporting success. Conclusion Stated client goals for tattoo removal and their subjective reports of success achieving these goals demonstrate the possible effectiveness of laser tattoo removal as a tool to help clients avoid future violence and progress toward gang disengagement. Trauma departments should consider laser tattoo removal as part of future violence prevention initiatives.
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Shelley, Walter W., and Dana Peterson. "“Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, But Bullying Will Get Me Bangin’”: Bullying Involvement and Adolescent Gang Joining." Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 17, no. 4 (November 15, 2018): 385–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204018809841.

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Studies have shown that adolescents’ involvement in bullying (as perpetrators, victims, or both) is related to more negative outcomes than noninvolvement, and a small subset of studies has connected bullying to the specific outcome of gang involvement. However, most of these studies have been cross-sectional and have not examined causal pathways by which bullying and gang involvement may be related. Furthermore, some studies find sex differences in prevalence, type, and outcomes of bullying as well as in the relationship between bullying and gang involvement, suggesting important prevention implications, yet this remains under examined. Our study explicitly examines these issues identifying the overlap in bullying outcomes with antecedent gang risk factors, and suggesting potential direct and indirect effects of bullying on gang involvement; we test these relationships, and potential sex differences, using longitudinal data from the second National Evaluation of Gang Resistance Education and Training to overcome limitations of prior research. Consistent with our expectations, we find that (1) bully-victims exhibit the highest levels of risk; (2) bullies, victims, and bully-victims have increased odds of later gang joining, compared to uninvolved youth; (3) the inclusion of risk factors partially mediates the effect of bullying involvement on gang onset for bullies and victims and fully mediates the effect for bully-victims; and (4) some evidence of sex differences exists. Given these insights, greater connections between bullying and gang prevention efforts may be worthwhile.
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Katz, Charles M., EC Hedberg, and Luis Enrique Amaya. "Gang truce for violence prevention, El Salvador." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 94, no. 9 (June 1, 2016): 660–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/blt.15.166314.

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Winfree, L. Thomas, Finn-Aage Esbensen, and D. Wayne Osgood. "Evaluating a School-Based Gang-Prevention Program." Evaluation Review 20, no. 2 (April 1996): 181–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193841x9602000204.

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Ngoveni, Tinyiko David. "The Nexus of South African Police Service and Community Policing Forums in dismantling the ‘Boko Haram’ gang in the Dan Village of Tzaneen Township, South Africa." International Journal of Social Science Research and Review 5, no. 11 (November 5, 2022): 193–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.47814/ijssrr.v5i11.722.

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The Dan Village in Tzaneen, South African, just like other areas in South Africa is confronted with various heinous crimes, mostly perpetrated by the local gangs. Citizens are often robbed of their valuable belongings, terrorised and some killed in the process, this normally occurs in the early mornings and during the night when to-and-from work. Therefore, the objective of this study was to offer the nexus South African Police Service (SAPS) and Community Policing Forums (CPFs) in dismantling the ‘Boko Haram’ Gang in the identified study location. This qualitative study, was supported by exploratory research objective to purposively select Ten (10) participants and review suitable documentary studies on this subject. The key Informant Interviews (KIIs) were employed for data collections. The inductive Textual Content Analysis (TCA) was used to identify study themes and associated challenges during the data analysis process. This study established that the CPFs and SAPS members, including Dan Village native resident at large were concerned about ‘Boko Haram’ gang, this resulted in initiating crime-fighting patterns against this dangerous gang. The results further showed that since various crimes happened unexpectedly and affects them differently; the effective collaboration between the local SAPS and CPFs should be regarded as legitimate structures to play critical roles to dismantle the Boko Haram gang. This is expected to yield positive outcome for the control and prevention of criminal activities by the local gang.
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Frisby-Osman, Sarah, and Jane L. Wood. "Rethinking How We View Gang Members: An Examination into Affective, Behavioral, and Mental Health Predictors of UK Gang-Involved Youth." Youth Justice 20, no. 1-2 (January 16, 2020): 93–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473225419893779.

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Mental health difficulties, conduct problems, and emotional maladjustment predict a range of negative outcomes, and this may include gang involvement. However, few studies have examined how behavioral, mental health, socio-cognitive, and emotional factors all relate to adolescent gang involvement. This study examined 91 adolescents to compare non-gang with gang-involved youth on their conduct problems, emotional distress, guilt-proneness, anxiety and depression, and use of moral disengagement and rumination. Analyses revealed that gang-involved youth had higher levels of anxiety, depression, moral disengagement, and rumination. Gang-involved youth also had higher levels of conduct disorder and exposure to violence, but they did not differ from non-gang youth on levels of emotional distress and guilt-proneness. Discriminant function analysis further showed that conduct problems, moral disengagement, and rumination were the most important predictors of gang involvement. Discussion focuses on how intervention and prevention efforts to tackle gang involvement need to consider the mental health and behavioral needs of gang-involved youth. Further research is also needed to build an evidence base that identifies the cause/effect relationship between mental health and gang involvement to inform the best practice when tackling gang membership.
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Sunarsa, Asep. "Attorney Role In Fighting Crimes Of Motorcycle Gang In Cirebon." Jurnal Daulat Hukum 1, no. 2 (June 8, 2018): 453. http://dx.doi.org/10.30659/jdh.v1i2.3291.

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Establishment of the motorcycle gang began with the gathering fellow motorcycle enthusiasts, which then turned into a gang of tens or even hundreds of people. Motorcycle gang shaping the lifestyle that sometimes deviate from the norm for the sake of self-adhesive group identity on the streets. The doctrine attached to each self motorcycle gang members were motivated to commit a crime that is very detrimental to the community. Motorcycle gang act according to the standpoint of law, especially criminal law, there are several actions against the law, in the community a lot of evidence that shows that often occurs offense aggravated theft with violence offenses that threaten the lives and physical person.Keywords: Role of Public Prosecution; Prevention; Criminal Law; Motorcycle gang.
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Blandfort, Philipp, Desmond U. Patton, William R. Frey, Svebor Karaman, Surabhi Bhargava, Fei-Tzin Lee, Siddharth Varia, et al. "Multimodal Social Media Analysis for Gang Violence Prevention." Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media 13 (July 6, 2019): 114–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v13i01.3214.

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Gang violence is a severe issue in major cities across the U.S. and recent studies have found evidence of social media communications that can be linked to such violence in communities with high rates of exposure to gang activity. In this paper we partnered computer scientists with social work researchers, who have domain expertise in gang violence, to analyze how public tweets with images posted by youth who mention gang associations on Twitter can be leveraged to automatically detect psychosocial factors and conditions that could potentially assist social workers and violence outreach workers in prevention and early intervention programs. To this end, we developed a rigorous methodology for collecting and annotating tweets. We gathered 1,851 tweets and accompanying annotations related to visual concepts and the psychosocial codes: aggression, loss, and substance use. These codes are relevant to social work interventions, as they represent possible pathways to violence on social media. We compare various methods for classifying tweets into these three classes, using only the text of the tweet, only the image of the tweet, or both modalities as input to the classifier. In particular, we analyze the usefulness of mid-level visual concepts and the role of different modalities for this tweet classification task. Our experiments show that individually, text information dominates classification performance of the loss class, while image information dominates the aggression and substance use classes. Our multimodal approach provides a very promising improvement (18% relative in mean average precision) over the best single modality approach. Finally, we also illustrate the complexity of understanding social media data and elaborate on open challenges. The annotated dataset will be made available for research with strong ethical protection mechanism.
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Gallupe, Owen, and Jason Gravel. "Social Network Position of Gang Members in Schools: Implications for Recruitment and Gang Prevention." Justice Quarterly 35, no. 3 (May 19, 2017): 505–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2017.1323114.

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Ullman, Sarah E. "A Comparison of Gang and Individual Rape Incidents." Violence and Victims 14, no. 2 (January 1999): 123–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.14.2.123.

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This study examined differences between gang and individual offender rape incidents reported to the Chicago police. Analyses showed that victims and offenders in gang rape incidents were younger, more likely to be unemployed, but not different in marital status or race than victims and offenders in individual rapes (e.g., single offender, single victim crimes). Gang rapes were characterized by more alcohol and drug involvement, fewer weapons, more night attacks, less victim resistance, and more severe sexual assault outcomes compared with individual rapes. Regression analyses revealed distinct correlates of physical injury outcomes for gang and individual rape incidents. Implications for treatment and prevention of these types of assaults are discussed.
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Hennigan, Karen M., Cheryl L. Maxson, David C. Sloane, Kathy A. Kolnick, and Flor Vindel. "Identifying high-risk youth for secondary gang prevention." Journal of Crime and Justice 37, no. 1 (August 20, 2013): 104–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0735648x.2013.831208.

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Cheng, Tony. "Violence Prevention and Targeting the Elusive Gang Member." Law & Society Review 51, no. 1 (February 15, 2017): 42–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/lasr.12251.

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Brisson, Joshua, Igor Pekelny, and Michael Ungar. "Methodological strategies for evaluating youth gang prevention programs." Evaluation and Program Planning 79 (April 2020): 101747. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.101747.

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Hamel, Sylvie, Marie-Marthe Cousineau, Sophie Léveillée, Martine Vézina, and Julie Savignac. "Addressing the Phenomenon of Gangs The Youth and Street Gangs Project: History, Basic Principles, and Major Developments of a Prevention Project Based on Community Social Development." International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies 1, no. 2 (May 10, 2010): 204. http://dx.doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs122010674.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 28.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;" lang="EN-US">The authors discuss the apparent proliferation of street gangs, noting that society&rsquo;s first reflex is to try to eradicate the phenomenon through repression, which is sometimes necessary when gang activities become truly dangerous, but is insufficient to truly eliminate the problem. They </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">trace the evolution of the Youth and Street Gang Project in three districts of Greater Montr&eacute;al and analyze the new and instructive information it provides. This innovative project aims to help the communities develop a prevention model,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;" lang="EN-US"> but also makes research an integral part of the process, so the process can be described and analyzed as its various stages unfold. Based on a number of years of data, the authors argue that while </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the project is designed essentially to prevent the phenomenon of gangs, its ultimate challenge is to find ways to encourage youth to integrate and join their communities, in the same way that they integrate and join gangs.</span></span></p>
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Sheehan, Karen, Joseph A. DiCara, Susan LeBailly, and Katherine Kaufer Christoffel. "Adapting the Gang Model: Peer Mentoring for Violence Prevention." Pediatrics 104, no. 1 (July 1, 1999): 50–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.104.1.50.

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Fagan, Abigail A. "A Roadmap for Advancing the Science of Gang Prevention." Criminology & Public Policy 17, no. 4 (November 2018): 945–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12400.

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Frances, R. J. "A Second's Chance: Gang Violence Task Force Prevention Program." Yearbook of Psychiatry and Applied Mental Health 2013 (January 2013): 176–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypsy.2012.07.090.

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van der Linde, DC. "An overview of the sentencing regime for gang members under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121/1998 and the potential for restrorative justice." Journal for Juridical Science 46, no. 2 (December 9, 2021): 55–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150517/jjs46.i2.3.

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Sec. 10 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 creates a sentencing regime for those found in contravention of the substantive gang-related offences under sec. 9. This contribution provides a brief overview of the sentencing options available when found guilty of one of these substantive offences, against the backdrop of the general principles of sentencing in South Africa. The potential role of restorative justice in gang-related cases is also considered.
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Cepeda, Alice, Kathryn M. Nowotny, Jessica Frankeberger, Jarron M. Saint Onge, and Avelardo Valdez. "Biological Risk and Infection Profiles of Young Adult Male Mexican American Gang Members." Public Health Reports 133, no. 5 (August 1, 2018): 551–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033354918782495.

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Objectives: Little research has examined the long-term health consequences of gang affiliation among Mexican Americans. The objectives of this study were to (1) measure biological indicators of cardiovascular and metabolic risk, as well as prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), in a sample of Mexican American men aged 25-40 who were affiliated with gangs as adolescents and (2) compare those indicators with a comparable national sample of Latino men. Methods: Using bivariate analyses, we compared blood pressure, body mass index, 4 metabolic and cardiovascular indicators, and 4 infections for 179 Mexican American formerly gang-affiliated men in San Antonio, Texas, and 155 Mexican American men from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We used multivariate models to estimate adjusted risk scores for each sample controlling for age, marital status, and education. Results: Compared with men in the national sample, the unadjusted results showed that men in the gang-affiliated sample had significantly higher mean systolic blood pressure (125.6 vs 120.0 mm Hg, P = .001), diastolic blood pressure (81.4 vs 71.1 mm Hg, P < .001), and C-reactive protein (5.9 vs 3.6 mg/L, P = .04), and a significantly lower mean total cholesterol (164.2 vs 205.5 mg/dL, P < .001) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (91.1 vs 120.1 mg/dL, P < .001). Compared with men in the national sample, more men in the gang-affiliated sample had herpes simplex virus type 2 (64/174 [36.8%] vs 18/147 [12.2%], P < .001), chlamydia (10/176 [5.7%] vs 1/135 [0.7%], P = .02), and hepatitis C virus (85/173 [49.1%] vs 0, P < .001). The gang-affiliated sample had a significantly higher adjusted risk score than the national sample (1.5 vs 1.1, P = .003). Conclusions: Gang-affiliated Mexican American men had significant disparities in biological risk indicators and STIs, which can lead to long-term health implications and highlight the need for tailored prevention strategies. Long-term exposure to psychosocial stressors and subsequent systemic inflammation may also increase the risk for physiological and psychological dysregulation and detrimental chronic health conditions in this population.
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Egesa Natwoli, Robert. "Challenges Facing the Directorate of Criminal Investigation On Management of Criminal Gang Activities in Nairobi County, Kenya." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 8, no. 1 (January 24, 2021): 134–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.81.9501.

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Abstract This paper uses data collected for an MA Thesis on the challenges facing the Directorate of Criminal Investigation Department on management of criminal gang activities, in Nairobi County, Kenya. This study has been necessitated by continued concern among policymakers, security pundits and citizens about the rising criminal gang activities in the country, more pertinently in Nairobi County. Although there are few studies that tried to scratch this area, there has never been a detailed and systematic inquiry and analysis of this problem. The study was guided by several specific objectives; the first objective examined the tactical challenges that the police face in policing gang related activities in Nairobi County, Kenya; assessed the effect of corruption in undermining the war against gang related activities in Nairobi County, Kenya; and finally explored other technological challenges that the police face in policing gang related activities in Nairobi County, Kenya. The study adopted descriptive research design and purposive sampling technique to collect data. Interview schedules and key informants (K.I) guide were the main tools used to collect data using the interview method of data collection. 60 officers of the Special Crime Prevention Unit were the main respondents. Major challenges faced by the DCI officers when dealing with criminal gang activities especially within Nairobi County include; poor relationship between police and the general public as reported by 89.1% of the respondents, increased involvement of women in gang activities which is exacerbated by low ratio of female-male officers for undercover operations and 90.9%. of respondents indicated due to woman innocence will create a greater challenge. Others include; gang related activities with networks and markets especially for stolen vehicles across the borders as a result of corruption along the borders by both police, custom and military officers. Further, 85.5% indicated that cross border gang activities were worsened by lack of harmonized law for the regulation and prevention of these activities that led to enhanced proliferation of weapons as well as drugs to and from the neighboring countries. Major recommendations for policy considerations included; increased recruitment and deployment of female officers to beef up their ratio in undercover operations. Harmonized laws for the neighboring East African community countries and increased cooperation between the security organs of these countries in order to have a coordinated approach of tracking and apprehending criminals who escape to neighboring countries. The study also recommends mandatory training for DCI officers in computer/ technological skills to be able to intercept, interpret and or decode gang related communication and cybercrime related activities.
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Alfian, Alfian, Muhammadiah Muhammadiah, and Alimuddin Said. "RESPONSIVITAS KEPOLISIAN DALAM PENANGGULANGAN GENG MOTOR DI KECAMATAN SOMBA OPU KABUPATEN GOWA." KOLABORASI : JURNAL ADMINISTRASI PUBLIK 3, no. 3 (January 4, 2018): 277. http://dx.doi.org/10.26618/kjap.v3i3.1056.

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The objective of this research is to find out the Police Responsiveness towards the Prevention ofMotorcycle Gangs at SombaOpuDistric of Gowa Regency. The type of this research is a qualitativeresearch with case study by describing the police responsivenesstowards the prevention ofmotorcycle gangs at SombaOpu District. The data collection technique was conducted through interview, observation and documentation. The data were analyzed through some steps such as data collection, data reduction, data display and conclusion. For the data validation, the researcher applied triangulation method such as: resource triangulation, technique triangulation, and time triangulation. The results of the research reveal that the Police responsivenesstowards the prevention of motorcycle gangs with 3 indicators are: 1) responsive, 2) fast, and 3) on target. The police have strongly responded to the public complaints related to the motorcycle gangs,yetit is not quite fast or precise in solving motorcycle gang cases. Key word: Responsiveness, prevention, motorcycle gangs ABSTRAK Tujuan Penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana responsivitas Kepolisian dalam penanggulangan geng motor di Kecamatan Somba Opu Kabupaten Gowa. Jenis penelitian adalah kualitatif dengan menggambarkan responsivitas Kepolisian dalam penanggulangan geng motor di Kecamatan Somba Opu Kabupaten Gowa. Tipe penelitian adalah studi kasus. Dalam pengumpulan data digunakan teknik wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data menggunakan pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Keabsahan data digunakan triangulasi yaitu triangulasi sumber, triangulasi teknik dan triangulasi waktu. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa responsivitas Kepolisian dalam penanggulangan geng motor dengan indikator 1) Tanggap, 2) Cepat, 3) Tepat. Kepolisian sangat merespon keluhan masyarakat terkait masalah geng motor namun belum begitu cepat maupun tepat dalam menyelesaikan kasus geng motor. Kata kunci : responsivitas, penanggulangan, geng motor
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van der Linde, Delano. "Defining the contours of a ‘criminal gang’ and a ‘pattern of criminal gang activity’ under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act." South African Journal of Criminal Justice 34, no. 2 (2021): 231–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.47348/sacj/v34/i2a4.

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Before an accused can be convicted under Chapter 4 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 (POCA), two preliminary elements must be proven. These preliminary elements can be found under Chapter 1, and require the accused to be a gang member or active participant in a criminal gang and that a pattern of criminal gang activity should exist. Even though POCA was promulgated over 20 years ago, much uncertainty still exists as to the interpretation of various elements of the preliminary requirements under Chapter 1. This article examines the requirements set out in Chapter 1 of POCA, with a specific focus on how courts have interpreted these requirements. To do so, reference is made, amongst others, to the California Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act of 1988 (STEP) (as POCA was modelled after this legislation) and Chapter 2 of POCA (which deals with racketeering and is similarly structured to Chapter 4). This article will ultimately illustrate that courts have largely ignored these definitions which gave rise to legal uncertainty. Various suggestions will be made regarding the amendment or desired interpretation of these definitions.
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Braga, Anthony A., Glenn L. Pierce, Jack McDevitt, Brenda J. Bond, and Shea Cronin. "The Strategic Prevention of Gun Violence Among Gang‐Involved Offenders." Justice Quarterly 25, no. 1 (March 2008): 132–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07418820801954613.

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Blancarte, Steve, and Barbara J. Azeka. "A Pluralistic Approach to Gang Prevention: The Long Beach Model." Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance 63, no. 4 (April 1992): 31–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07303084.1992.10604155.

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Hennigan, Karen M., Kathy A. Kolnick, Flor Vindel, and Cheryl L. Maxson. "Targeting youth at risk for gang involvement: Validation of a gang risk assessment to support individualized secondary prevention." Children and Youth Services Review 56 (September 2015): 86–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.07.002.

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Aluzaite, Kristina, Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith, Margaret Fraser, Steve Johnson, Elizabeth Glen, Allison Beck, Barbara Smith, Jack Dummer, and Michael Schultz. "A liver health hui: hepatitis C knowledge and associated risk factors in New Zealand gang members and their families." Royal Society Open Science 5, no. 8 (August 2018): 172167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172167.

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and B virus (HBV) infections are highly prevalent, with a high percentage of undiagnosed cases. Knowledge of HCV and its modes of transmission are essential for disease prevention and management. We studied a high-risk New Zealand gang population on viral hepatitis prevalence, their level of knowledge and the liver health risk factors in a community setting. Participants completed demographic, risk factor and knowledge questionnaires in three health meetings in New Zealand. Participants' blood samples were tested for HBV, HCV, biochemical indicators of liver disease. Liver fibrosis levels were assessed using a Fibroscan ® device. We studied 52 adult Mongrel Mob members, affiliates and whānau (extended family) throughout New Zealand. We identified no HCV and two HBV cases, confirmed high-risk factor levels and poor associated knowledge, with a significant association between lack of knowledge and presence of specific risk factors. We successfully conducted a community-focused, high-risk, hard-to-reach gang population study, and found a link between lack of knowledge and risk factors for HCV infection. This study provided first-of-its-kind data on viral hepatitis in a gang population and demonstrated the need for educational screening programmes to aid early HCV detection, prevention and treatment.
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Salaam, Abeeb Olufemi. "Motivations for Gang Membership in Lagos, Nigeria." Journal of Adolescent Research 26, no. 6 (March 25, 2011): 701–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0743558411402333.

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The current study explores the major challenges (in the form of risk factors) that may influence unemployed youths’ involvement in gang and criminal activity in Lagos, Nigeria. A combination of techniques (e.g., oral, in-depth interviews, and questionnaires) were used for the data collection. The computed outcomes establish some of the major conditions (e.g., large families, rural/urban migration, poverty, and police corruption) faced by the vulnerable youths before turning to gang and criminal activity as an alternative opportunity to improve their lot in life. The possible implications of the current findings on risk-focused prevention strategies are discussed.
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Morris,, Edith J., and Judith Fry-McComish,. "Hope and Despair: Diverse Voices of Hope from Urban African American Adolescent Gang Members." International Journal of Human Caring 16, no. 4 (June 2012): 50–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.20467/1091-5710.16.4.50.

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The Center for Disease Control (2010) found that 9.8% of African American adolescents reported having a suicide plan compared to 10.9% of all youth surveyed. Hope emerged as a caring construct in a study of african american adolescent gang members and may be a factor in the prevention of depression and suicide. Before age 12, adolescents were hopeful about their future, but shortly after their thirteenth birthday, they expressed feelings of hopelessness and despair. Interventions for promoting health and well-being in African American gang members include nonjudgmental listening, forming age-specific support groups, and offering strategies for achieving life goals.
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Totten, Mark. "Investigating the Linkages between FASD, Gangs, Sexual Exploitation and Woman Abuse in the Canadian Aboriginal Population: A Preliminary Study." First Peoples Child & Family Review 5, no. 2 (May 5, 2020): 9–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1068927ar.

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The purpose of this study, prepared for the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and funded by Health Canada First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, is to provide an exploratory investigation into the linkages and to begin a journey into making the connection between FASD, sexual exploitation, gangs, and extreme violence in the lives of young Aboriginal women. Emerging data from Aboriginal gang intervention and exit projects in Canada suggest that many women experience sexual slavery and extreme violence in gangs, and that a disproportionate number also suffer from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Although much more research is required, preliminary data point to the importance of developing prevention strategies targeted at addressing family violence, drug and alcohol abuse, poverty, the social determinants of health and the history of colonization of Aboriginal Peoples. This work should focus on the strength and resiliency of Aboriginal peoples.
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Ang, Rebecca P., Vivien S. Huan, Xiang Li, and Wei Teng Chan. "Functions of Aggression and Delinquency: The Moderating Role of Parent Criminality and Friends’ Gang Membership." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 33, no. 22 (March 2, 2016): 3531–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516636066.

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This study examined the relationships between two functions of aggression (i.e., reactive and proactive) and delinquency, including the moderating effects of parent criminality and friends’ gang membership, in a sample of 1,027 Singaporean adolescents from Grade 7 to Grade 9, with age ranging from 12 to 19 years ( M = 14.10, SD = 1.15). Findings suggested that both reactive aggression and proactive aggression significantly and positively predicted delinquency (after controlling for proactive aggression and reactive aggression, respectively), with proactive aggression being a stronger predictor. Friends’ gang membership was found to moderate the relationship between reactive aggression and delinquency, and proactive aggression and delinquency, with stronger moderator effects for the latter. Those who were aggressive proactively and who had friends in a gang appear to be impacted most negatively with respect to delinquency. Parent criminality did not moderate these relationships. These findings highlight the need to effectively address the issues of child and adolescent aggression. Also, developing positive peer relations early is crucial for delinquency prevention.
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Cheng, Tony. "Recruitment through Rule Breaking: Establishing Social Ties with Gang Members." City & Community 17, no. 1 (March 2018): 150–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cico.12272.

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Many contemporary violence prevention programs direct concentrated law enforcement, social service, or educational attention toward individuals engaged in violence, and yet, this population is often avoiding this precise attention. Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic data, this case study asks: How do street outreach workers form social ties with active gang members? This study identifies three key mechanisms of social tie formation that break organizational rules, but account for how new social relations are formed with street savvy gang youth: (1) Network Targeting: identifying, entering, and extending services to the package of preexisting social ties beyond the eligible gang member; (2) Gift Giving: navigating those social ties when transferring out of pocket gifts to the target to elicit trust and demonstrate genuine investment; and (3) Transportation Brokerage: expanding clients’ social networks by literally driving them to prosocial influences and activities. Discussion of the value and limitations of each mechanism offers insights to urban sociologists interested in the origins of social ties in disadvantaged communities, as well as policymakers designing social interventions for hard to reach populations.
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Ritonga, Rispalina, and Romauli Siallagan. "Penyuluhan tentang Pentingnya Tetap Mematuhi Protokol Kesehatan di Era New Normal di Gang Dame Pondok Merindu Timbangan Deli Medan Amplas." Jurnal Kreativitas Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat (PKM) 5, no. 12 (December 1, 2022): 4174–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.33024/jkpm.v5i12.7588.

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ABSTRAK COVID-19 adalah penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh jenis coronavirus yang baru ditemukan. Dalam penanggulan dan pencegahanya Kementrian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia menerapkan protokol kesehatan yang harus ditaati oleh masyarakat. Namun, tingkat kepatuhan masyarakat terhadap protokol kesehatan tersebut dirasa masih belum memuaskan. Tujuan dari kegiatan penyuluhan ini adalah agar masyarakat di Gang Dame Pondok Merindu dapat memahami pentingnya tetap menerapkan serta mematuhi protokol kesehatan selama masa pandemi ini. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini dilakukan di Gang Dame Pondok Merindu Medan Amplas. Kegiatan ini diawali dengan Tanya jawab seputar COVID-19 kemudian dilanjutkan dengan penyuluhan tentang protokol kesehatan dimasa pandemi COVID-19. Kegiatan ini merupakan langkah awal untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan kepedulian masyarakat untuk mematuhi protokol kesehatan di era pandemi COVID-19. Hasil dari kegiatan ini adalah meningkatnya pengetahuan masyarakat sebelum dan sesudah pemberian edukasi sebesar 63,2%. Harapan dari kegiatan ini tentunya agar mahasiswa, instansi, dan tenaga kesehatan tidak berhenti untuk terus mengedukasi masyarakat khususnya preventif atau pencegahan COVID-19. Sehingga pada akhirnya akan menurunkan angka kejadian COVID-19 di Indonesia. ABSTRACK COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered type of coronavirus. In handling and preventing it, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia applies health protocols that must be adhered to by the community. However, the level of community compliance with the health protocol is still not satisfactory. The purpose of this outreach activity is so that the community in Gang Dame Pondok Merindu can understand the importance of continuing to implement and comply with health protocols during this pandemic. This community service activity was carried out at Gang Dame Pondok Merindu Medan Amplas. This activity began with a question and answer session about COVID-19 then continued with counseling about health protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic. This activity is the first step to increase public knowledge and awareness to comply with health protocols in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. The result of this activity is an increase in public knowledge before and after the provision of education by 63.2%. The hope of this activity is of course so that students, agencies, and health workers do not stop to continue educating the public, especially the prevention or prevention of COVID-19. So that in the end it will reduce the number of cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia Keywords: Counseling, Health Protocol, COVID-19
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