OJJDP Report Examines Best Practices To Address Gang Problems
June 24, 2008
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has published "Best Practices To Address Community Gang Problems: OJJDP's Comprehensive Gang Model."
The report provides communities responding to a present or potential youth gang problem with guidance in implementing OJJDP's Comprehensive Gang Model. It describes the research informing the model, notes findings from evaluations of several programs demonstrating the model, and outlines best practices derived from practitioners with experience in planning and implementing the model in their communities.
Resources:
“Best Practices To Address Community Gang Problems: OJJDP's Comprehensive Gang Model” (NCJ 222799) is available at http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/222799.pdf.
Print copies may be ordered at http://www.ncjrs.gov/app/publications/alphaList.aspx. For quick access, search by document number.
For additional information about OJJDP's efforts to prevent and address gang problems, visit http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/programs/antigang/.
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