RESOURCES

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VIOLENCE PREVENTION

The Comprehensive Gang Model Overview provides strategies for preventing community gang violence. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has created this online tool that teaches communities effective strategies to address local gang problems. The tool is provided by OJJDP and BJA's National Gang Center. It provides a 23-minute discussion of OJJDP's Model for identifying target areas with high levels of gang activity, locating gangs, and focusing appropriate resources on them. It also describes how communities can follow proven anti-gang strategies and how to implement the Model locally. To access the Comprehensive Gang Model Overview, visit www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Comprehensive-Gang-Model/Online-Overview.

OJJDP is a component of the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Primary Prevention and Violence; (Rachel Davis, Prevention Institute, September 2009).

The Youth Intervention Network Story; (Iris Archuleta, Emerald Consulting, September 2009).

Incorporating Prevention into City of Oakland Planning and
Services; (Andrea Youngdahl, Department of Human Services, City of Oakland, September 2009).

Safe Community Partnership; (Stewart Wakeling, Public Health Institute, September 2009).

Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force, “Community Crisis Response Protocol”; (Mario Maciel, Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services, City of San Jose, September 2009).

Community Initiative to Reduce Gun Voilence; (Dayton, Trotwood
& Montgomery County, September 2009).

Sexual Exploitation of Girls Position Statement; Girl Matters:
A Voice for Hidden Victims; (NCCD Center for Girls and Young Women, July 2009).

Youth in Gangs: Who is at Risk?; (National Council on Crime and Delinquency, July 2009).

Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies; (Justice Policy Institute, July 2007).

Best Practices of Community Policing In Gang Intervention and Gang Violence Prevention; (US Conference of Mayors, March 2006).

Vital Partners: Mayors and Police Chiefs Working Together for America's Children and Youth; (NLC Institute for Youth, Education, and Families & US Dept. of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services in partnership with the International Assoc. of Chiefs of Police, 2006).

Street Gangs and Interventions: Innovative Problem Solving with Network Analysis; (US Dept. of Justice; Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and Bureau of Justice Assistance, September 2005).

Reducing Gun Violence: Operation Ceasefire in Los Angeles; (US Dept. of Justice; NIJ, February 2005).

Evaluating G.R.E.A.T: A School-Based Gang Prevention Program; (US Dept. of Justice; NIJ, June 2004).

At the Local Level: Perspectives on Violence Prevention. Ending Gang Homicide: Deterrence Can Work; (CA Attorney General's Office and CA Health and Human Services Agency, February 2003).

Action Kit for Municipal Leaders on Protecting the Safety of Children and Youth; (NLC Institute for Youth, Education, and Families).

TRUANCY PREVENTION

Attendance Center Brochure; (Sacramento, March 2007).

The Truancy and Gang Connection: Reflections from the Mayor's Anti-Gang Office, Houston TX; (National Center for School Engagement, August 2006).

Approaches to Truancy Prevention; (Vera Institute of Justice, October 2002).

Model Truancy Prevention Programs; (Colorado Foundation for Families and Children).