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Research on Youth Gangs in Indian Country
Troy Armstrong, Ph.D., Director
Center for Delinquency & Crime Policy Studies
California State University, Sacramento
7750 College Town Dr, Suite 208
Sacramento Ca 95826
Phone: (916) 278-5737
Fax: (916) 278-4560
E-mail:cdcps@csus.edu
Project Abstract
The California State University, Sacramento, Center for Delinquency
and Crime Policy Studies, has been funded by the federal government
to study youth gangs across a number of settings in Indian Country
including reservations and metropolitan areas. The project will
build upon findings from previous research efforts on this topic;
FBI, BIA, San Jose State University, and National Youth Gang Center
surveys and the OJJDP-funded Navajo Nation Gang Study. As with
the Navajo research, this project will use a model of inquiry
incorporating qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Data
collected through a combination of in-depth survey and ethnographic
observation and targeting gang members and community stakeholders
should allow a determination of tribal-specific as well as broad-based
factors and characteristics shaping origins, organization, and
activities of Native Americans youth involved in gangs on a number
of reservations and in selected urban areas. This research effort
will also ascertain solutions that are being tried in the research
sites as well as recommendations for future action generated by
community-based participants.
Complete Native Gang Studies
project description
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