Sunday, December 11, 2005

Street Gangs and Intervention: / USDOJ, COPS Office:

PDF - http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=1616
"This COPS Innovations piece reviews prevention, intervention, suppression, and comprehensive strategies to address this issue of gangs and provides examples of each. It also offers a case study of problem analysis in Newark, New Jersey through the Greater Newark Safer Cities Initiative. This paper discusses the unique utility of network analysis in the resultant problem analysis and emphasizes the important role of an academic research partner. Finally, the piece considers the importance of sustainability with regard to problem analysis. "