Updated 01/08
Youth Crime Prevention Programs
Contents
- About Youth Programs
- General Programs
- School-Based Prevention Initiatives
- Gang Prevention
- Gang Abatement
- Information Resources
About Youth Programs
- Institute of Youth, Education and Families - National League of Cities - Information on advocacy, programs and services, research and analysis, and publications.
- Kids, Cops, and Communities (
1023 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, by Marcia R. Chaiken, National Institute of Justice Issues and Practices, NCJ 169599, June 1998. 67 p.
- National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center - Developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal partners, the Resource Center provides current information developed by federal agencies or with federal support pertaining to youth violence.
- Reinvesting in Youth, Feasibility Study Report (
1.26 MB), by Nancy R. Ashley, Heliotrope, and Ira M. Cutler, The Cornerstone Consulting Group, Inc., January 2001
- Establishing and Maintaining Interagency Information Sharing (
369 KB), U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, JAIBG Bulletin, March 2000.
- Youth Violence Summit Recommendations - International Association of Chiefs of Police
- Youth and Communities - Washington State Lieutenant Governor
General Programs
- Clallam County Juvenile Services
- Edmonds Police Department Youth Services Division
- Jefferson County Public Health Youth Yellow Pages
- Kennewick Police Department Youth Services
- Seattle Police Department Youth Outreach
School-Based Prevention Initiatives
- School Resource Officer Training Program (
63 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Fact Sheet, FS 200105, March 2001.
- Bellingham High School Resource Officers
- Kitsap County School Resource Officers
- Marysville School Resource Officer
- Seattle Police/School Partnerships
- Youth Afterschool Program and Law Enforcement (
178.7 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, National Institute of Justice Research Preview, FS 000169, August 1997.
Gang Prevention
Washington
- AWC 2007 Safety & Justice Legislative Top Priorities - Gang Task Force (SB 5987)
- Legislative Work Group on Gang Related Crime SB 5987(
295 KB), Final Report Recommendations to the Legislature on possible strategies to address gangs and gang-related violence, December 11, 2007
- Lynnwood - About Street Gangs
- Monroe - Gang Tips for Parents
- Pasco - Gang Awareness
Other
- Best Practices in Community Policing in: Gang Intervention and Gang Violence (
2.82 MB), U.S. Conference of Mayors, 2006
- Targeted Outreach: Boys and Girls Clubs of America's Approach to Gang Prevention and Intervention (
334 KB), by Amy J.A. Arbreton and Wendy S. McClanahan, Public/Private Ventures, 2002
Gang Abatement
- Gangs - National Criminal Justice Service
- Gang Abatement - Center for Health Improvement (CHI), Health Improvement Guide - CHI is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit health policy center based in Sacramento, California.
- Gang-Related Legislation in Washington State - Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR)
- Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies, Justice Policy Institute, 2007
- Implementing a Citywide Gang Violence Reduction Strategy (
464 KB), published by the Youth Edeucation and Famlies Institute and National Council on Crime and Delinquency - Highlights efforts in San Jose, Santa Rosa, and San Bernardino, California, February 2008
- Policing by Injunction: Problem-Oriented Dimensions of Civil Gang Abatement in the State of California (
20 MB), by Edward L. Alla, 2002 - This federally-funded study explores aspects of the California gang injunction initiatives, which employ civil injunctions to abate persistent public nuisance activity by gangs in specific neighborhoods.
- Sunnyside Ordinance No. 2162 - Adds a new chapter 9.36 (attached as Exhibit A) pertaining to criminal street gangs and gang-related activity.
Information Resources
- Juvenile Info Network
- Teens, Crime and the Community - National Crime Prevention Council
- USDJ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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