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Petrus, Theodore – South African Journal of Education, 2021
Gangs and gang violence continue to be serious challenges throughout South Africa, but especially in cities such as Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. In the northern areas of Port Elizabeth, hardly a day goes by without at least 1 report in the local news media about gang-related incidents. Most of the gangs in the northern areas have organised and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Juvenile Gangs, Recruitment
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2019
This guide from the National Gang Center is designed to provide schools and law enforcement with sound practices and collaborative techniques to identify, assess, and address gang activity in the school setting. [The National Gang Center (NGC) is managed by the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR).]
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, School Safety, Law Enforcement, Police School Relationship
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Vásquez, Betsabé – Childhood Education, 2021
The Northern Triangle of Central America faces many challenges, including violence and crime. Young people are the most common victims as well as perpetrators of violence, especially gang-related violence. That is why Glasswing International is committed to providing children, adolescents, and youth with tools to prevent violence and opportunities…
Descriptors: Violence, Crime, Juvenile Gangs, Youth Programs
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Meza, Jocelyn I.; Bondoc, Christopher; Keshav, Nivedita; Bosco, John; Barnert, Elizabeth – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: African-American and Latinx youth are disproportionately exposed to neighborhood violence and are overrepresented in the U.S. juvenile justice system. Perceived neighborhood violence is associated with negative health outcomes. Objective: We examined associations between African-American and Latinx youths' perceived neighborhood…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Violence, Health, African Americans
Donlin, Mike – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2019
In 2007, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 5097, which required the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to convene a task force to examine how gangs are affecting school safety. The task force must annually report its findings and recommendations to the education committees of the Legislature. The Gangs in Schools Task Force…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, Federal Legislation, School Safety, Intervention
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Ferrara, Donna L. – Educational Planning, 2022
This article explores issues that had to be confronted over a three-year period in terms of two New York State funded grants for which I was the evaluator. Major, critical challenges are presented, described, and discussed. Specifically, the paper addresses issues related to lack of planning at the grant design stage that resulted in challenges…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Evaluators, Grants, Expertise
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Wong, Daniel F. K.; Ip, Priscilla S. Y.; Chan, Man Ho; Zhuang, Xiao Yu – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objectives: This study evaluated a culturally attuned cognitive-behavior intervention for reducing impulsivity and delinquency-related attitudes and behaviors among Chinese delinquent youth in Hong Kong. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was adopted. Twenty participants received CBI, and 20 received routine counseling for a period of 12 months.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Delinquency, Conceptual Tempo
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Van der Merwe, Hettie – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2020
This article explores the intervention strategy used by the staff and school management team of a South African township school to ensure that final-year learners exposed to an environment of multiple deprivation are adequately prepared for the year-end standardised examination. Analysis of the interview data confirms literature findings on the…
Descriptors: Slum Schools, Educational Attainment, Intervention, Outcomes of Education
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Shaw, Mahauganee; Meaney, Sarah – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2015
This case study challenges readers to consider a contemporary issue for campus threat assessment and emergency preparedness: gang presence on college campuses. A body of research examining the presence of gangs and gang activity on college campuses has developed, revealing that gangs pose a viable threat for institutions of higher education. The…
Descriptors: Colleges, Juvenile Gangs, Violence, Administrator Role
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Ferguson, Therese; Chevannes, Pauletta – Childhood Education, 2018
The Small Island Developing State of Jamaica, in the Caribbean region, is facing significant environmental, economic, and social challenges. Violence has become a serious challenge for Jamaica and several other countries in the region; the level of violence against and among children is particularly disturbing. Perhaps even more troubling is the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Conflict Resolution, Violence, Public Health
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Morgan, Haydn; Parker, Andrew; Marturano, Naomi – Journal of Education and Work, 2020
Community-based interventions have long been seen as mechanisms via which to target marginalised youth in relation to personal development. Research surrounding such interventions has often highlighted the promotion of a range of pro-social behaviours and attributes which, in turn, facilitate an increased sense of social inclusion. This paper…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Transitional Programs, Youth Opportunities, Disadvantaged Youth
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2019
Gang affiliation is not something that students leave behind when they come to school. Gang members do not leave their behaviors, attitudes, and conflicts outside the school environment. Gangs, unchecked and unidentified in a school setting, often engage in threat and intimidation; physical and cyber bullying; fighting; recruiting; and criminal…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, School Safety, Behavior Problems, Aggression
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Galicia, Mario Gerardo; Rios, Victor – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This paper aims to address cultural education as a method for creating a cooperative learning environment for Latino youth participants of a school-based gang and violence intervention program (GVIP). The data for this paper was collected during a 5-year longitudinal ethnographic research study conducted between 2009-2015 in California. In the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Juvenile Gangs, Violence, Intervention
Bishop, Asia S.; Fleming, Christopher M.; Nurius, Paula S. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Substance use is a frequently cited health risk behavior in the youth gang literature, yet little is known about how substance use patterns vary among gang-involved youth or the social ecological factors that contribute to potential variation. Developing relevant and effective service approaches will require an understanding of this variation and…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Juvenile Gangs, Incidence, Individual Characteristics
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Upadhyayula, Satyasree; Ramaswamy, Megha; Chalise, Prabhakar; Daniels, Jessie; Freudenberg, Nicholas – Youth & Society, 2017
The goal of this study was to understand whether ethnic pride among young, incarcerated Black and Latino men was associated with successful community reentry. We interviewed 397 Black and Latino men 16 to 18 years old in a New York City jail and then again 1 year after their release to determine the relationship between participants' sense of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Ethnicity, Males, Hispanic Americans
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