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National Alliance of Gang Investigator's Associations
National overview, articles on specific types of gangs and the "National Gang Threat Assessment." Links to local contacts in the U.S.
http://www.nagia.org
Chicago Police Department: Gang Awareness
Profiles of the largest organized gangs with memberships numbering in the thousands. Includes tips for parents and concerned community members.
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/CommunityPolicing/...
Gangs Or Us
Primer on identifying street and prison gangs by former law enforcement officer Robert Walker. Site explains gang culture, slang, graffiti and initiations. It provides background information on regional and race/ethnicity/gender-based gangs.
http://www.gangsorus.com/
Southeastern Connecticut Gang Activities Group
Information about a variety of gang types, including warning signs of youth affiliation.
http://www.segag.org/pargde.html
Time Magazine: L.A.'s Gangs are Back
2001 article overviews the resurgence of gang-related violent crime in Los Angeles.
http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/gangs...
Phoenix New Times: Hardcore
A series of 24 articles which profile different aspects of gang membership in Phoenix, Arizona.
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/extra/hardc...
Gangsta 411
Includes history of street gangs, related news, gang symbols, terminology, structure and signs.
http://gangsta411.com/
Gang Girls
Section of "Urban Ethnography of Southern California Latino Gangs" that deals specifically with the role of females.
http://www.altenforst.de/faecher/englisch/...
Gangland
An email based discussion list specifically about gangs, and gang-related trends.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Gangland/
Know Gangs
Private organization that disseminates information on street gangs. Site also addresses drug abuse and school safety issues.
http://www.knowgangs.com/
2002 OJJDP National Youth Gang Symposium
Symposium/Conference to provide professionals who work with gang members with information about effective strategies to reduce gang-related violence. The Symposium will be held June 10-13, 2002, in Orlando, Florida.
http://www.gangsymposium.org
The Coroner's Report: GangWar
Gang expert Steve Nawojczyk discusses the dynamics of street gangs. Site includes advice for parents and educators, links to other web resources and a blog.
http://www.gangwar.com/
GGarner's Gang Information Page
Collection of links to gang-related information in the internet.
http://www.ganginformation.com/
Gangstyle
Resource for all gang members to connect and discuss problems. Message boards, self help and advice from other gang members.
http://www.gangstyle.com/
CNN: Youth Gangs No Longer Just a Big City Problem
Information from the FBI reveals how gangs follow family relocation patterns.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9704/23/gangs/index....
Wannabe:
Documentary by John Whitehead about the gang-related murder and suicide of four teenagers in the rural community of Appleton, Wisconsin. Profiles the increasing role of gangs in rural communities around America.
http://www.itvs.org/wannabe
American RadioWorks - Locked Down: Gangs In the Supermax
Investigative print and radio series. "Twenty years ago, a new kind of prison was taking America by storm. The supermax prison was designed to incapacitate dangerous criminals by locking them down in stark isolation, sometimes for years on end. So have the supermaxes lived up to their promise of stopping violent criminals?"
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/...
Stop Varrio Warfare
Articles on (and links to) Latino street gangs from around the U.S.
http://www.angelfire.com/biz4/stopvarriowa...
NPR : Gangs Reach Out of Prison to Commit Crimes
Report on organized criminal groups within California's prison system and the ability of those groups to project power outside of prison walls.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...
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