08--Gangs:  Congresses, Reports & Legislation

A report on the inquiry into gang violence in Philadelphia.  Harrisburg:  Pennsylvania Crime Commission, 1969.  46p.

Addressing community gang problems:  a model for problem-solving.  BJA, Bureau of Justice Assistance.  Washington, DC:  U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 1997.  48p.

Addressing community gang problems:  a practical guide.  Bureau of Justice Assistance.  Washington, DC:  The Bureau, 1998.  207p.  Prepared by the Police Executive Research Forum, supported by cooperative agreement number 91-DD-CX-K058.

Afro-lineal organized crime.  State of New Jersey, Commission of Investigation.  Trenton, NJ:  The Commission, 1991.  46p.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' proposal for a gang information network:  hearing before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, June 26, 1992.  Washington:  GPO, 1992.  139p.

Congressional oversight hearing on local gang diversion programs:  hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, hearing held in El Monte, CA, June 4, 1993.  Washington:  GPO, 1993.  146p.

Conly, Catherine H., et al.  Street gangs:  current knowledge and strategies.  Washington, D.C.:  U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 1993.  115p.

Criminal gangs in Indian country:   joint hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session on examining the incidence of youth violence and criminal gang activity within Indian country, September 17, 1997.  Washington:  GPO, 1998.  70p.

Deddeh, Wadie P., ed.  Hearing on identifying gangs and their operations in San Bernardino County:  December 5, 1989, Fontana, California.  California Legislature, Joint Committee on Organized Crime and Gang Violence.  Sacramento, CA:  Joint Publications Office, 1989.  73p.

Enhanced drug and gang enforcement.  Phoenix, AZ:  Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, 1991-present.  Annual.  A report on law enforcement activities funded by the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account or the Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund and relating to illicit drugs and drug related gang activity.

Final report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Prevention and Management of Conflict and Crime in the Schools to Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Wilson Riles, State Superintendent of Public Instruction.  California. Dept. of Justice.  California:  Dept. of Public Instruction, 1975.  32p.

Final report:  California Council on Criminal Justice, State Task Force on Gangs and Drugs.  Sacramento, CA:  The Task Force, 1989.  129p.

Final report:  California Council on Criminal Justice, State Task Force on Youth Gang Violence.  Sacramento, CA:  The Task Force, 1986.  59p.

Florida House survey on the incidence and extent of youth gangs.  Committee on Juvenile Justice.  Tallahassee, FL:  The Committee, 1995.  36p.

Gang profiles:  a report of the National Gang Crime Research Center.  Chicago:  The Center, 1996.  National Gang Crime Research Center (U.S.).  70p.

Gang violence and control:  hearings before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on gang violence and control in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas with a view to what might be done by the federal government, Westwood, California, February 7, 1983, San Francisco, California, February 9, 1983.  Washington:  GPO, 1983.  117p.

Gang-related witness intimidation and retaliation:  hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, June 17, 1997.  Washington:  GPO, 1997.  61p.

Gangs--a national crisis:  hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, on S. 54, a bill to reduce interstate street gang and organized crime activity, and for other purposes, April 23, 1997.  Washington:  GPO, 1997.  94p.

Geis, Gilbert.  Juvenile gangs.  Washington, D.C.:  President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime:  GPO, 1965.  60p.

Hearing on gang violence in schools:  December 6, 1989, Norwalk, California.  California Legislature, Joint Committee on Organized Crime and Gang Violence.  Sacramento, CA:  The Committee:  Copies purchased from Joint Publications, 1989.  83p.

Hearing on gang violence in schools:  November 8, 1989, 8:30 a.m., County Administration Building, San Diego, California.  California Legislature, Joint Committee on Organized Crime and Gang Violence.  Sacramento, CA:  The Committee, 1989.  42p.

Hearing on juvenile crime and delinquency:  do we need prevention?:  hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, hearing held in Washington, DC, March 22, 1994.  Washington:  GPO, 1994.  73p.

Hearing on the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974:  hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, hearing held in Portland, OR, March 9, 1992.  Washington:  GPO, 1992.  128p.

Hearing, alternatives to street gangs:  urban services restoration corps and neighborhood academies:  March 31, 1989, San Diego, California.  California Legislature, Joint Committee on Organized Crime and Gang Violence.  Sacramento, CA:  Joint Publications, 1989.  37p.

Hearing, peer counseling:  a proposal to counter street gang and drug influence:  March 27, 1989, Sacramento, California.  California Legislature, Joint Committee on Organized Crime and Gang Violence.  Sacramento, CA:  Joint Publications, 1989.  35p.

Hearings on the reauthorization of Title 3(b) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988:  drug abuse education and prevention programs for runaway and homeless youth and youth gangs:  hearings before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, hearings held in Washington, DC, July 18 and Downey, CA, August 2, 1991.  Washington:  GPO, 1991.  206p.

Interim hearing on juvenile gang violence:  October 15, 1986, 9:30 a.m. to 5p.m., State Building, San Diego, California.  California Legislature, Senate Committee on Judiciary.  Sacramento, CA:  Joint Publications, 1986.  47p.

Interim hearing:  gang violence:  recommendations for legislative solutions.  California Legislature, Joint Committee on Organized Crime and Gang Violence.  Sacramento:  The Committee:  Copies from Joint Publications, 1988.  2 volumes.

Interim hearing:  gang violence:  recommendations for legislative solutions, November 2, 1988, Oakland, California.  California Legislature, Joint Committee on Organized Crime and Gang Violence.  Sacramento, CA:  Copies from Joint Publications, 1988.  70p.

Kahn, Donnalyn Lynch.  A bill creating a commission to establish and administer grant funds and job banks for gang prevention programs:  memorandum prepared for Senator Bill Owens.  Boston:  D.L. Kahn, 1989.  48p.

Miller, Walter Benson.  Violence by youth gangs and youth groups as a crime problem in major American cities:  monograph.  Washington:  National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, U.S. Dept. of Justice:  GPO, 1975.  79p.

National youth gang survey:  program summary.  Washington, DC:  Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1997-present.  National Youth Gang Center (U.S.).  Annual. 

Needle, Jerome, & Wm. Vaughan Stapleton.  Police handling of youth gangs.  Washington, D.C.:  U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1983.  81p.  Prepared by the National Center for the Assessment of the Juvenile Justice System of the American Justice Institute under grant number 79-JN-AX-0013 from the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice.

Organized criminal activity by youth gangs:  hearings before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, June 6 and August 8, 1988.  Washington:  GPO, 1989.  299p.

Penn, Alvin, & Edwin Garcia, eds.  Report of the [Connecticut] Gang Task Force to the Public Safety and Judiciary Committees:  final report:  submitted pursuant to PA 93-416.  Hartford, CT:  The Task Force, 1994.

Response to Senate concurrent resolution 148, House draft 1, requesting a study of youth gangs.  State of Hawaii, Juvenile Justice Interagency Board, Department of the Attorney General, University of Hawaii Center for Youth Research & Hawaii Youth Services Network Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders Project.  Honolulu:  The Board, 1989.  46p. 

Spergel, Irving A., et al.  Gang suppression and intervention:  community models:  research summary.  Washington, D.C.:  U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1994.  26p.

The gang problem in America:  formulating an effective federal response:  hearing before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session ... February 9, 1994.  Washington:  GPO, 1995.  88p.

The growing threat of international organized crime:  hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, January 25, 1996.  Washington:  GPO, 1996.  128p.  And gangs.

The study of youth gangs in Virginia:  report of the Virginia State Crime Commission and Virginia Commission on Youth [on] to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia.  Richmond:  Commonwealth of Virginia, 1997. 

Torres, Dorothy M.  Gang Violence Reduction Project evaluation report:  third funding period, June 1978-June 1979.  Sacramento, CA:  California Youth Authority, 1980.  95p.

Torres, Dorothy M.  Gang violence reduction project:  first evaluation report, November 1976-September 1977.  Sacramento:  State of California, Dept. of the Youth Authority, 1978.  98p.

Torres, Dorothy M.  Gang violence reduction project:  fourth evaluation report, July 1979-June 1980.  Sacramento, CA:  State of California, Dept. of Youth Authority, 1981.  54p.

Witness intimidation:  showdown in the streets--breakdown in the courts:  hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, August 4, 1994.  Washington:  GPO, 1994.  94p.

Youth violence and gangs:  hearing before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session ... November 26, 1991.  Washington:  GPO, 1992.  63p.