Research and Programs

Here are some documents you can review or download to learn more about youth gangs, effective programs and strategies, and community responses.

• Documents

  • Canadian Documents
    
    
    • Solicitor General of Canada (1999)
      National Forum on Youth Gangs.
      December 10, 1999. OTTAWA: 1999. [Word]  [PDF]
    
    
    
    • Federation of Canadian Municipalities (1994)
      Youth Violence and Youth Gangs: Responding to Community Concerns.
      Solicitor General Canada. OTTAWA: 1994. [Word]  [PDF]
    
    
    
    • Nimmo, Melanie (2001)
      The Invisible Gang Members: A Report on Female Gang Association in Winnipeg.
      Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. [PDF]
    
    
    
    • Totten, Mark (1999)
      Dispelling Myths about Youth Violence.
      The Ottawa Citizen, Feb. 10, 1999. [Word]  [PDF]
    
    
    
    • CTI Canadian Training Institute, Institut Canadien de Formation (2003)
      Youth Gangs.
      Excerpt from Youth Justice in Canada - A Resource Manual. [Word]  [PDF]
    
    
    
    • Wortley, Scott (2004)
      BIAS FREE POLICING: The Kingston Data Collection Project Preliminary Results.
      [PDF] NOTE: Scott Wortley is working on a book about Toronto youth gangs. He is making a presentation to the American Society of Criminologists in November 2005 about his research.
    
    
    
    • Brown, Maureen (2004)
      In Their Own Voices: African Canadians In The Greater Toronto Area Share Experiences Of Police Profiling.
      Commissioned by the African Canadian Community Coalition on Racial Profiling. March 2004. [PDF]
    
    
    
    • Brown, Maureen (2004)
      We are Not Alone: Police Racial Profiling in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
      Commissioned by the African Canadian Community Coalition on Racial Profiling. March 2004. [PDF]
    
    
    
    • Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) (2003)
      FSIN Alter-Natives to Non-Violence Report: Aboriginal Youth Gangs Exploration: A community development process. [PDF]
      Note: this is an earlier draft of the report. The full and final report is available for purchase from FSIN
      http://www.fsin.com/index.html
    
    
    
    • Solicitor General of Canada (1995)
      School-Based Violence Prevention In Canada: Results Of A National Survey Of Policies And Programs.
      Written by David M. Day, Carol A. Golench, Jyl MacDougall , Cheryl A. Beals-Gonzaléz from Earlscourt Child and Family Centre. Toronto, Ontario [PDF]
    
    
    
    • Peaceful Communities Steering Group (1992)
      Report on Violence Prevention Research in Peterborough City and County.
      An example of a community-wide survey and community planning process. [PDF]
  
  
  
  • Documents from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and other Department of Justice programs.
    
    
    • Youth Gangs. December 1997. [PDF]
    • Youth Gangs: An Overview. August 1998. [PDF]
    • Gang Membership, Delinquent Peers, and Delinquent Behavior. October 1998. [PDF]
    • Addressing Community Gang Problems, A Practical Guide. May 1998. [PDF]
    • The Comprehensive Strategy: Lessons Learned From the Pilot Sites. March 2000. [PDF]
    • Youth Gangs in Schools. August 2000. [PDF]
    • Youth Gang Programs and Strategies. August 2000. [PDF]
    • Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement. September 2000. [PDF]
    • Hybrid and Other Modern Gangs. December 2001. [PDF]
    • Early Precursors of Gang Membership: A Study of Seattle Youth. December 2001. [PDF]
    • The U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Comprehensive Gang Model.
      2002 [PDF]
    • OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model. A Guide to Assessing Your Community's Youth Gang Problem.
      June 2002 [PDF]
    • OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model. Planning for Implementation. June 2002. [PDF]
    • Responding to Gangs - Evaluation and Research. July 2002. [PDF]
    • New Program Supports Community Anti-Gang Efforts. September/October 2003. [PDF]
    • Highlights of the 2002-2003 National Youth Gang Surveys. June 2005. [PDF]
    
    
    
    • The following Youth Gang Series OJJDP Bulletins are available on the web:
      1. Female Gangs, A Focus on Research.
         From the OJJDP's Youth Gang Series http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/jjbul2001_3_3/contents.html
      2. Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement.
         From the OJJDP's Youth Gang Series http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/2000_9_2/contents.html
      3. Modern Day Youth Gangs.
         From the OJJDP's Youth Gang Series http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/jjbul2002_06_1/contents.html
    
    
    • Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action (2002).
      Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta, Georgia. June 2002 (Revision)
      1. Introduction. [PDF]
      2. Chapter 1. [PDF]
      3. Chapter 2 (part a). [PDF]
      4. Chapter 2 (part b). [PDF]
      5. Appendix. [PDF]
    
    
    • Investing in Youth: International Approaches to Preventing Crime and Victimization (2001).
      International Centre for the Prevention of Crime.
      1. Main Report. [PDF]
      2. Summary. [PDF]
      3. Annex: organizations, strategy papers, practical manuals, guides, projects, addresses. [PDF]
    
    
    • United Nations World Youth Report 2003. Chapter 7: Juvenile Delinquency [PDF]