NGCRC 11th International Gang Specialist Training Conference 2008: The Curriculum and Course Offerings (Preliminary Program Listing, for Chicago, Aug. 6-8, 2008)

• NCJ Number: 223087
• Journal: Journal of Gang Research Volume: 15 Issue: 3 Dated: Spring 2008 Pages: 18-68
• Editor(s): George W. Knox Ph.D.
• Date Published: 2008
• Length: 51 pages
• Corporate Author: National Gang Crime Research Ctr
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description; Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This is the advance listing of the Preliminary Program of the 2008 Gang Training Conference of the National Gang Crime Research Center (NGCRC), to be held August 6-8, 2008, in Chicago, IL.

Abstract

Each listing contains the title or topic of the session; presenter name, affiliation, and bio; duration of the session; abstract; and type of session credit offered toward the NGCRC gang specialist certification program. A total of 107 courses or sessions are listed. Among the topics that will be addressed in the sessions are gang profiles; gang prevention/intervention; gang intelligence collection, databases, and sharing; gang prosecution procedures; gang threat analysis; the impact of gang-related video games; program/intervention evaluation; gang investigation techniques; and building a gang unit.