Changing course
Subtitle: preventing gang membership
By: editors, Thomas R. Simon, Ph.D., Deputy Associate Director for Science, Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Nancy M. Ritter, writer and editor, National Institute of Justice ; Reshma R. Mahendra, M.P.H., Public Health Advisor, Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Contributors: United States. Office of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice (U.S.); National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Atlanta, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Gang prevention; Gangs; Gang members
Notes: "National Center for Injury Prevention and Control" - cover page [1].

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Table of contents: title: Why is gang-membership prevention important? / James C. Howell; title: The attraction of gangs: how can we reduce it? / Carl S. Taylor and Pamela R. Smith; title: What Is the role of public health in gang-membership prevention? / Tamara M. Haegerich, James Mercy and Billie Weiss; title: What Is the role of police in preventing gang membership? / Scott Decker; title: How should we identify and intervene with youth at risk of joining gangs? / Nancy G. Guerra, Carly B. Dierkhising and Pedro R. Payne; title: What should be done in the family to prevent gang membership? / Deborah Gorman-Smith, Andrea Kampfner and Kimberly Bromann; title: What can schools do to help prevent gang-joining? / Gary D. Gottfredson; title: What should be done in the community to prevent gang-joining? / Jorja Leap; title: How can we prevent girls from joining gangs? / Meda Chesney-Lind; title: Race and ethnicity: what are their roles in gang membership? / Adrienne Freng and Terrance J. Taylor; title: Program evaluation: how do we know if we are preventing gang membership? / Finn-Aage Esbensen and Kristy N. Matsuda; title: An invitation to contribute to gang-joining prevention.