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Urban Initiatives to Help Prevent Latino Street Gang Affiliation


(PDF) Urban Violence and Street Gangs - ResearchGate

PDF | What causes urban street gang violence, and how can we better understand the forces that shape this type of adolescent and youth ...

Central America's Turbulent Northern Triangle

Though popular, mano dura (iron fist) policies in most cases failed to reduce crime and some experts say likely increased gang membership.

Gang Dynamics - CDC Foundation

• They will be inspired to get involved and fully participate in collaborating on sustainable plans to reduce gang violence and its related traumatic injuries.

Salvadoran gang crackdown - Wikipedia

The Salvadoran gang crackdown, known in El Salvador as the State of Exception (Spanish: régimen de excepción) or the War Against the Gangs (guerra contra ...

The Nature of Canadian Urban Gangs and their use of Firearms

... street gang" synonymously with "urban gang". These two terms ... and to categorize program initiatives based on their level of prevention.

As El Salvador's Gang Crackdown Continues, Citizens Wonder ...

Both street vendors and shop owners say they no longer make regular extortion payments. Drivers and pedestrians no longer pay tolls to gang ...

The MS-13 and 18th Street Gangs: Emerging Transnational Gang ...

1 The word mara is a Spanish word for a gang, and marero means gang member. ... gang/crime prevention initiatives.53. Department of Justice Agencies and ...

Surging gang violence across Latin America challenges aid sector ...

“Many Latin American and Caribbean countries are resorting to militarised Mano Dura-style approaches to resolve the crime surge. For example, in ...

Charting Out the Digital Ecosystem of Gangs in the U.S. and Mexico

... Latino gang members and affiliates, and their top interactions. The ... These gangs prohibit prostitution and rape amongst their street colleagues ...

Gangs - Scott H. Decker - Arizona State University

Gangs also engage in high levels of drug sales, and possession and use of firearms. As most gang members are in their teens, street gangs are seldom highly.

How Street Gangs Work - People | HowStuffWorks

This can include helping at-risk youth or current gang members find decent jobs or obtain an education. Block clubs and community centers bring ...

The Effect of Urban Street Gang Densities on Small Area Homicide ...

... and Latino street gang boundaries in Los Angeles County.44 The ... Facilitating violence: a comparison of gang motivated, gang affiliated and ...

Youth Involvement in Street Gangs: Obstacles of Leaving Street Gangs

primary and secondary prevention and intervention initiatives ... gang information from actual gang members and City of Boston Trauma Response ...

The Prevention of Youth Violence in Latin America - Wilson Center

These projects, focused primarily on prevention and cohesion among peers, included initiatives ... street level outreach to youth gang members.

Our Team - Urban Peace Institute

In 2019, he co-created the National Street Outreach Partnership as a platform for frontline intervention organizations and advocates dedicated to shaping and ...

FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE INCREASE IN LATINO GANG ...

... member of a street gang can lead to up to 3 years of ... development of effective prevention and intervention programs for at risk Latino youth ...

using social media to prevent gang violence - Mass.gov

The most recent National Gang Threat Assessment examining data collected in 2008 reports that gang members use the full range of Internet and mobile device ...

MS13 in the Americas: How the World's Most Notorious Gang Defies ...

... and most violent street gangs. It is also one of the ... and creating new gang units in rural California and major urban centers in Europe.

History and disjuncture in the urban American street gang

Kings member), or if they could not prevent a takeover attempt from a rival street gang family (a rare practice because members joined gangs in areas where ...

Anti-Violence Programs Aim to Keep the Peace By Stopping ...

A violence prevention approach that hires former gang members and formerly incarcerated individuals is gaining momentum across the country.