Publications & Multimedia

In Focus: Youth Gangs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, September 2022

Advancing Knowledge to Reduce Gangs and Gang Violence: Perspectives from Researchers and Practitioners
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, June 2021

Full Scale Response: A Report on the Department's Efforts to Combat MS-13 from 2016-2020
U.S. Department of Justice, October 2020

Functional Family Therapy-Gangs: Adapting an Evidence-Based Program To Reduce Gang Involvement
National Institute of Justice, March 2020

Gang Affiliation and Radicalization to Violent Extremism Within Somali-American Communities
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, September 2019

Gangs in Schools
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, April 2019

Gangs in School: Exploring the Experiences of Gang-Involved Youth
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2019

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