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July 4, 2008

 

Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence

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Gang Resistance Education and Training Program (GREAT)
Law enforcement provides a wide range of structured community-based activities and a curriculum for classroom instruction for school-aged children. The intent is to provide students with the skills they need to resist involvement in youth gangs and youth violence. U.S. Department of the Treasury.

National Youth Gang Center (NYGC)
Institute for Intergovernmental Research site to expand and maintain the body of critical knowledge about youth gangs and effective responses to them. The Center assists state and local jurisdictions in the collection, analysis, and exchange of information on gang-related demographics, legislation, literature, research, and promising program strategies. It also coordinates activities of the OJJDP Youth Gang Consortium - a group of federal agencies, gang program representatives, and other service providers.

OJJDP's Gang Reduction Program
Supports community anti-gang efforts using a five-pronged approach to gang reduction: primary prevention, secondary prevention, intervention, suppression, and reentry.

  

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