Highlights of the 2009 Youth Gang Violence survey

Date

2011

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Publisher

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Abstract

Description

Gangs, and their activities, remain a serious concern for law enforcement agencies and the public in many jurisdictions across the United States. Since 1996, the National Gang Center, through the National Youth Gang Survey (NYGS), has collected data annually from a large, representative sample of local law enforcement agencies to track the size and scope of the national gang problem.1 This fact sheet summarizes findings from the 2009 NYGS.

Keywords

Gang-youth, Law, Urban violence, Violence -- Community

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