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If ever a youth worker could use some promising resources to procure youth violence and gang intervention and prevention is now. Like the price of fuel, every day the numbers are rising on the fatalities resulting from increased youth violent crimes.
Although no one can claim guarantees for what works, the following are links to resources we believe every urban leader should be aware of. Let us know if you find these helpful in your city and work.
Articles:
North American Transnational Youth Gangs: Breaking the Chain of Violence by Stephen Johnson and David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.
March 21, 2005
Community Collaboratives Addressing Youth Gangs
Author(s): Meagan Cahill, Mark Coggeshall, David Hayeslip, Ashley Wolff, Erica Lagerson, Michelle L. Scott, Elizabeth Davies, Kevin Roland, Scott Decker
June 10, 2008
Website:
The Institute for Intergovernmental Research has a page with some great Resources
- Comprehensive Approach to Youth Gangs Published Resources
- Best Practices To Address Gang Problems - OJJDP’s Comprehensive Gang Model
- Parents Guide to Gangs
- National Youth Gang Survey Analysis
- Gang Resistance Education and Training
Recorded Presentation:
Is There a New Youth Crime Wave? Evidence and Action, Urban Institute
Robert Reischauer, Urban Institute; Laura Sullivan, National Public Radio; Jeffrey Butts, Chapin Hall Center for Children; Gerald Wilson, Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department; Caterina Roman, Urban Institute; Ronald Mincy, Columbia University
November 16, 2006