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Download full textInstitute for Intergovernmental Research, Tallahassee, FL. National Youth Gang Center. – 2000
This summary provides results from the 1998 National Youth Gang Survey, administered to a representative sample of city and county police and sheriff's departments nationwide. Results indicate that the percentage of jurisdictions reporting active youth gangs decreased from 51 percent in 1997 to 48 percent in 1998. About 780,200 gang members were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Delinquency, Guns
Center To Prevent Handgun Violence, Washington, DC. – 1990
Based on news stories from U.S. newspapers, this report examines the prevalence of gun violence in American schools. During the past 4 years, beginning with September 1986, at least 71 people (65 students and 6 employees) have been killed with guns at school. Another 201 were severely wounded, and 242 individuals were held hostage at gunpoint.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guns, Homicide, Juvenile Gangs
