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Harrington-Lueker, Donna – Executive Educator, 1990
Highlights findings from a study by Irving Spergel of gang activity in 45 cities. Ronald Stephen, executive director of the National School Safety Center, cites an increase in drug-marketing and violence and advises educators to be aware of what is going on, establish rapport with community groups, and enlist the support of students. (MLF)
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Elementary Secondary Education, Illegal Drug Use, Juvenile Gangs
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Marshall, Joseph E., Jr. – Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 1995
Describes a three-tiered approach that the Omega Boys Club of San Francisco uses to help stop violence among inner-city youth. Essential steps of the plan are to provide appropriate information through effective communication channels, to show youth alternative ways of living that allow them to release their negative behavior, and to teach them…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Inner City, Juvenile Gangs, Mass Media
Brodinsky, Ben – Phi Delta Kappan, 1992
Proponents of Perestroika" and "glasnost" are tirelessly seeking to remold Soviet teaching and learning. Innovations and "corrections" are being fed by numerous articles in professional journals and by pedagogical leaders in academies and universities. Teaching in Soviet classrooms remains a teacher-centered, one-way…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Ecology, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Trump, Kenneth S. – American School Board Journal, 1993
Cleveland, Ohio, Public Schools acknowledged the negative impact of gangs on the education environment by creating a gang intervention and prevention team. Advises school districts on signs to watch for, steps staff can take, and how to tell the press. Stresses publishing and reinforcing rules in a student handbook and conducting training programs…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education, Juvenile Gangs
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Lewis, Beverly L. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1992
Notes that special education policymakers have debated whether to exclude conduct-disordered students from special education services. Sees mandate for special educators and mental health professionals to find methods of teaching and counseling antisocial students. Notes that number of gang members who present problems in community would meet…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Cognitive Style, Elementary School Students
Hardy, Lawrence – American School Board Journal, 2000
Vechij Himdag (A New Way) is an alternative school located 25 miles from Phoenix in Sacaton--a village on a Pima Indian reservation. In a community drastically changed by whites' diversion of the Gila River for their crops, the school serves students needing a second chance and considerable adult attention. (MLH)
Descriptors: American Indians, Attendance, Delinquency, Discipline
Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1998
Lays out the basic requirements of a sound antigang symbol policy. Discusses ways in which a school board can develop a sound policy that prohibits the wearing or display of gang-related symbols without overstepping constitutional boundaries. (LMI)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Due Process
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Juarez, Tiona – Educational Leadership, 1996
After a violent incident just outside an Austin (Texas) middle school, the principal and her staff decided that the problem of gangs could not be resolved by merely banning gang colors and signing. Special clubs, community volunteers, and a no-failure policy helped make students less vulnerable to gang membership. (MLH)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Intermediate Grades, Juvenile Gangs, Mentors
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Taylor, Carl S.; Lerner, Richard M.; von Eye, Alexander; Bobek, Deborah L.; Balsano, Aida Bilalbegovic; Dowling, Elizabeth M.; Anderson, Pamela M. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2004
The presence of individual and ecological assets for positive development was assessed through data derived from individual interviews with 45 African American adolescent male members of inner-city Detroit gangs and 50 African American adolescent males living in the same communities but involved in community-based organizations (CBOs) aimed at…
Descriptors: Males, Adolescents, African Americans, Urban Youth
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Okulate, Gbenga T. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
The study involves 204 cases of interpersonal assault reported to the police during a period of 1 year. The patterns of domestic violence and community violence involving friends, neighbors, and strangers are described. The most common type of violence reported to the police is community interpersonal violence in which victims are mostly females…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Victims of Crime, Interpersonal Relationship
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Salagaev, A. L.; Shashkin, A. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2005
The present article is based on the results of an expert survey and a survey of young people in the schools of two Russian cities, Moscow and Kazan (2003). The study focused on making the research problem more explicit and testing the set of instruments, which was developed with the authors' participation in the framework of the Eurogang research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Juvenile Gangs, Pilot Projects, Surveys
Cooke, Gwendolyn; McEvoy, Alan – School Intervention Report, 1997
Three mothers whose children were connected to Dallas (Texas) gangs told their stories at the Fourth Joint National Conference on Gangs, Schools, and Community. It is said that gang members come from dysfunctional families, usually from homes where fathers are not present or involved in children's upbringing. In spite of a great deal of research…
Descriptors: Crime, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth, Hispanic Americans
Smith, Doreen L. – 1996
Substantial disagreement exists among professionals in the judiciary and in the public at large as to what the goals of the justice system should be. Some programs and interventions aimed at preventing juvenile violence and delinquency, as well as efforts that rehabilitate young people already in the system, are identified here. The report…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Delinquency
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice. – 1995
Evidence was gathered from those involved with at-risk children and juvenile offenders in Maine on how the Federal Government can best help states and communities battle juvenile crime. The kinds of prevention and intervention programs that work were considered, with the allocation of public resources an underlying concern. Panels of educators,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Delinquency, Drug Abuse
Klein, Malcolm W. – 1995
What is known about gangs is reviewed and the information is brought up to date. The book covers reported changes in the structure and crime patterns of gangs, their age, ethnic, and gender characteristics, and their spread into almost all corners of the United States. The early chapters consider four issues that are major concerns in…
Descriptors: Definitions, Delinquency, Illegal Drug Use, Juvenile Gangs
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