Gangs In America Today
What We Investigate: Gangs https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/violent-crime/gangs
What We Investigate: Gang News https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/violent-crime/gangs/gang-news
National Gang Report 2015 https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/stats-services-publications-national-gang-report-2015.pdf/view
National Gang Center (NGC) https://nationalgangcenter.ojp.gov/
Instructions
After reviewing the chapter readings from the first three weeks of the course and the resources mentioned in the Overview, you are to write a four- to six-page paper in which you:
1. Summarize the major gangs that exist in the United States today.
2. Outline the National Gang Intelligence Centers assessment of the gangs that pose the greatest threat to the United States.
3. Determine the major trends in gang activity based on your review of a minimum of three current articles (within the past three years) from the Gang News resource.
4. Analyze how consistent the gang trends you identified are with those identified in the National Gang Report 2015.
5. Determine which anti-gang initiatives spearheaded by the National Gang Center are grounded in evidence-based theories.
