Campus Safety
The Campus Safety Special Feature provides access to OJP and other federal and federally-funded publications and online resources related to crime, crime prevention, and substance use on university and college campuses.
Young adults (18-24)
Estimating the Prevalence of Trafficking Among Homeless and Runaway Youth Ages 14-25
Date Published
2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
I Want You to Want Me: Interpersonal Stress and Affective Experiences as Within-Person Predictors of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicide Urges in Daily Life.
NCJ Number
254442
Journal
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Date Published
2019
Publication Link
Inducing Jealousy and Intimate Partner Violence Among Young Adults
NCJ Number
254316
Journal
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Video Games Designed To Address Sexual Assault on Campus
Date Published
June 2020
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Study/Research),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ
The Development of Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence: An Examination of Key Correlates Among a Sample of Young Adults
NCJ Number
254213
Journal
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Emerging Adulthood and Prospective Depression: A Simultaneous Test of Cumulative Risk Theories
NCJ Number
254204
Journal
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Lack of Health Insurance Among Juvenile Offenders: a Predictor of Inappropriate Healthcare Use and Reincarceration?
NCJ Number
254158
Journal
Public Health
Date Published
January 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Heterogeneous Effects of Adolescent Violent Victimization on Problematic Outcomes in Early Adulthood
NCJ Number
254078
Journal
Criminology
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Young Adult Reports of the Victim-Offender Overlap in Intimate and Nonintimate Relationships: A Nationally Representative Sample
NCJ Number
254067
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Genetic Testing in Sudden Unexpected Natural Death in the Young: New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner's Experience and Perspective
NCJ Number
254065
Journal
Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Why Is the Victimization of Young Latino Adults Higher in New Areas of Settlement?
NCJ Number
253450
Journal
Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Cohabitation and Intimate Partner Violence During Emerging Adulthood: High Constraints and Low Commitment
NCJ Number
253319
Journal
Journal of Family Issues
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Applying High-Resolution Variant Classification to Cardiac Arrhythmogenic Gene Testing in a Demographically Diverse Cohort of Sudden Unexplained Deaths
NCJ Number
253313
Journal
Circulation-Cardiovascular Genetics
Date Published
2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Pregnancy and Childbearing Among Young Adults Who Experienced Foster Care
NCJ Number
253166
Journal
Child Maltreatment
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Differences in Adolescent Relationship Abuse Victimization by Gender and Race in California High School Students
NCJ Number
252896
Journal
Journal of Adolescent Health
Date Published
February 2018
Publication Link
Does Substance Use Exacerbate Escalation Along Developmental Pathways of Covert and Overt Externalizing Behaviors Among Young Men?
NCJ Number
252914
Journal
Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
Date Published
June 2018
Publication Link
National Gang Center: Rescuing Youth, Restoring Communities
Jakeem Everett was 11 years old when members of a Fort Pierce, Florida, gang began to ensnare him. An A student who attended church faithfully with his mom and six siblings, he was an unlikely candidate for gang involvement.
"I got tired of being picked on," Jakeem, now 21, says. "So I started hanging out with these kids in a gang known as the...
Gangs
There is no single definition of a gang, but there are a number of widely accepted criteria for classifying groups as gangs (Decker and Curry, 2003; Esbensen et al., 2001; Klein, 1995; Miller, 1992; Spergel, 1995). This review used the following criteria: (1) the group has three or more members, generally aged 12-24; (2) members share an identity, typically linked to a name and/or symbols...