Targeting youth at risk for gang involvement: Validation of a gang risk assessment to support individualized secondary prevention

Karen M. Hennigan, Kathy A. Kolnick, Flor Vindel and Cheryl L. Maxson

Children and Youth Services Review, 2015, vol. 56, issue C, 86-96

Abstract: A major challenge in economically marginalized neighborhoods across the United States and around the world is the proliferation of local street gangs and the violence they perpetuate. While estimates vary from place to place, in the United States approximately 10% to 19% of youth between the ages of 12 and 16 are likely to join a local street gang in these high-risk areas. While a substantial proportion of those who join a gang drop out relatively quickly (within a year or so), others remain involved over several years. Prolonged involvement in a street gang frequently results in violent injury or death among gang-involved youth and among innocent victims. Communities and families facing these problems are looking for ways to discourage gang involvement before it starts.

Keywords: Gang joining; Street gang prevention; Secondary gang prevention; Violence prevention; Youth at risk; Gang risk assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.07.002

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