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 National Youth Gang Center (NYGC) citation webpage |
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The purpose of this organization is to expand and maintain the body of critical knowledge about youth gangs and effective responses to them. NYGC assists state and local jurisdictions in the collection, analysis, and exchange of information on gang-related demographics, legislation, literature, research, and promising program strategies, and coordinates activities of the OJJDP Youth Gang Consortium - a group of federal agencies, gang program representatives, and other service providers.
http://www.iir.com/nygc/ |
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 Facilitating Between Gang Members and Police citation |
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"This article outlines a ten-stage dialogue process to improve relations between police and gang-related youths in a suburb near Washington, D.C. In addition to describing techniques used in this case, the authors offer advice on how such efforts could be improved." -Negotiation Journal
Author: Carstarphen, Nike |
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Addressing Community Gang Problems: A Model for Problem Solving citation webpage |
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This model can assist local communities in addressing gang problems by focusing on a comprehensive strategy for preventing and controlling street-gang drug trafficking and related violent crime with components ranging form prevention to suppression.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/156059.pdf |
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Peacebuilding for Adolescents: Strategies for Educators and Community Leaders citation |
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This book presents proactive strategies for educators and community leaders to deter adolescent violence. The authors in this book argue for more humane response by teaching young people to value peace, to learn to manage their own conflicts, and to live more peacefully.
Author: Forcey, Linda Rennie ed |
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Peer Mediation: Finding a Way to Care citation |
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This work presents the viewpoint of an educator on how mediators in a K-5 grade school dealt with the culture of violence around them, by creating a sense of community.
Author: Ferrara, Judith M. |
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Addressing Community Gang Problems: A Practical Guide citation webpage |
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This practical manual provides a foundation for understanding the diverse nature of gangs, the problems they pose, and two analytical models for addressing gang-related problems.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/164273.pdf |
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Telling Tales in School: Youth Culture and Conflict Narratives citation |
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"This study departs from mainstream criminology to approach youth conflict and violence from a youth-centered perspective drawn from cultural studies of young people and sociological research." -abstract
Author: Morrill, Calvin |
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Mediation: A Gang Prevention Strategy citation |
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This page is a summary of the article, Mediation: A Gang Prevention Strategy by David Oliver Mendelsohn. This article talks about mediation between two gang groups.
Author: Mendelsohn, David Oliver |
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Conflict Resolution Available to Families With Out-of-Control Teens
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This article discusses the options families have for dealing with conflicts arising due to due out-of-control teen-agers.
http://www.mediate.com/articles/juvenile.cfm |
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Family Matters: How Young Offenders Families Engage in Restorative Justice citation webpage |
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This article advocates for using five approaches when dealing with juvenile crime, youth empowerment, pre-trial community service, victim-offender mediation, and journey and family group conferences.
http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/two/7_3/p13.html |
