Canadian Training Institute
Institut Canadien de Formation

Resources

• Youth gangs in Canada: What do we know?
  Index page for Canada's National Crime Prevention Centre, including links to information on its funding programs, evaluation activities, library and the National Crime Prevention Strategy.
  
• Directory of Youth Justice Services in Ontario
  The Directory of Youth Justice Services in Ontario is a service of Community Information Toronto (CIT), funded by the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. It is a project of 211Ontario.ca.
  
• National Youth Gang Center™
  List of publications with web links on Comprehensive Approach to Youth Gangs; Crime, Violence, and Schools; Gangs and Drugs/Violence and Drugs; OJJDP'S Youth in Action Series and Youth Gangs Series; Surveys, Statistics, and Analysis; Victim-Witness Rights and Advocacy; Violence and the Community; Youth Gang Prevention and Intervention; and Youth Gang Suppression.
  
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
  (U.S. Department of Justice) Links to State and local level gang initiatives and programs in The United States.
  
• Michigan State University Libraries. Criminal Justice Resources - Youth Gangs
  This compilation of web-linked resources focuses on youth gangs.
  
• Robert Walker's Gangs OR US
  The goal of Gangs OR Us is to provide law enforcement and corrections personnel, parents, teachers, and concerned citizens, the assistance and knowledge necessary to determine if street or prison gangs are in your community or corrections facility. On this site you will find sixty-one (61) pages containing over 900 well organized external links to other sites. You will also find information from my own experience and training that will assist in providing you with some of the indicators of the presence of gangs. In addition to the identifiers, you will also find pages on street gangs, prison gangs, female gangs, state gang statutes, court decisions, research links, and more.
  
• Gangstyle
  Since 1998 Gangstyle has provided a resource for street gang members and those involved in street gangs. The site allows gang members to tell their stories, express themselves through their writing and share their experiences of gang life with others. Gangstyle also offers outreach allowing those involved with street gangs to get assistance and support.
  
• The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
  (safeyouth.org) Interpersonal violence is one of the most important issues facing our nation's youth. Although many institutional and community-based efforts have been directed towards alleviating this problem, information about these efforts is not always easy to find. To fill this need, the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center web site, www.safeyouth.org, and call center, 1-866-SAFEYOUTH (723-3968), serve as a user-friendly, single point of access to federal information on youth violence. Facts about youth gangs and violence.
  
• Justice4youth was established in 1999 by some Calgarian (ex. Calgary, Alberta, Canada) youth that wanted to educate their peers about their rights as well as more about the issues that contributed to youth crime - and young peoples lives in general.

• Youth Gangs in Canada: A Preliminary Review of Programs and Services
  Joseph P. Hornick, Monica Pauls, Brian Mellor, Leslie MacRae.
  Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (September 2005)
  
• BIAS FREE POLICING: The Kingston Data Collection Project Preliminary Results
  Scott Wortley (2004)
  
• In Their Own Voices:
  African Canadians In The Greater Toronto Area Share Experiences Of Police Profiling
  Maureen Brown, African Canadian Community Coalition on Racial Profiling (2004)
  
• We are Not Alone:
  Police Racial Profiling in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom
  Maureen Brown, African Canadian Community Coalition on Racial Profiling (2004)
  
• Alter-Natives to Non-Violence Report:
  Aboriginal Youth Gangs Exploration: A community development process
  Youth Council for Just Relations, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (July 2003)
  
• Youth Gangs
  Excerpt from Youth Justice in Canada - A Resource Manual
  CTI Canadian Training Institute, Institut Canadien de Formation (2003)
  
• Results of the 2002 Canadian Police Survey on Youth Gangs
  Astwood Strategy Corporation (2003) Ottawa: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
  
• The Invisible Gang Members:
  A Report on Female Gang Association in Winnipeg
  Melanie Nimo, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (2001)
  
• National Forum on Youth Gangs
  Solicitor General of Canada (1999)
  
• Dispelling Myths about Youth Violence
  Mark Totten, Ottawa Citizen (10.02.1999)
  
• School-Based Violence Prevention In Canada:
  Results Of A National Survey Of Policies And Programs
  David M. Day, Carol A. Golench, Jyl MacDougall, Cheryl A. Beals-Gonzaléz,
  Earlscourt Child and Family Centre. Solicitor General of Canada (1995)
  
• Youth Violence and Youth Gangs: Responding to Community Concerns
  Federation of Canadian Municipalities (1994)
  
• Report on Violence Prevention Research in Peterborough City and County
  Peaceful Communities Steering Group (1992)
  An example of a community-wide survey and community planning process.