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3 results foundAuthor: New Jersey. Commission of Investigation Title: Armed and Dangerous: Guns, Gangs and Easy Access to Firearms Ammunition in New Jersey Summary: This report presents a statewide invesgation into the sale and availability of firearms ammunition. It found that while New Jersey maintains some of the most stringent and restrictive laws in the United States governing the purchase and sale of handguns, the trade in actual bullets remains a wide-open, unregulated bazaar of misguided commercial activity the practical effect of which includes exacerbated gun violence on the streets of communities across the state. Details: Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Commission of Investigation, 2007. 31p. Source: Internet Resource Year: 2007 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 117341 Keywords: Firearms (New Jersey)Gangs (New Jersey)Gun ViolenceGuns (New Jersey) |
Author: New Jersey. Department of Law and Public Safety. Division of State Police, Intelligence Section Title: Gangs in New Jersey: Municipal Law Enforcement Response to the 2010 NJSP Gang Survey Summary: The 2010 Street Gang Survey marks the fourth gang survey conducted by the New Jersey State Police in the past nine years. The street gang survey has evolved throughout the years, with changes incorporated in both the development and implementation of the survey. Despite adjustments, the main purpose of the NJSP Street Gang Survey has remained the same: to provide law enforcement, policy makers and the general public with a better understanding of the state’s gang environment. The development of the 2010 survey involved extensive planning and the incorporation of innovative tactics in an effort to enhance our understanding of the present environment in which gangs are operating in the state. To assist in this process, we reached out to other agencies for additional questions and topic areas to expand our exploration of the gang presence in New Jersey. In addition, this survey marks a new step in our efforts to provide the general public with information on the gang environment in their communities. In 2004 and 2007, these survey reports were released to the public and individual survey results were available through the Open Public Records Act. Details: Trenton: New Jersey State Police, 2011. 161p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 24, 2011 at: http://www.state.nj.us/oag/njsp/////////info/pdf/gangs_in_nj_2010.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.state.nj.us/oag/njsp/////////info/pdf/gangs_in_nj_2010.pdf Shelf Number: 120870 Keywords: Gang ViolenceGangs (New Jersey) |
Author: Greenberg, Richard Title: Do No Harm: A Briefing Paper on the Reentry of Gang-Affiliated Individuals in New Jersey Summary: This briefing paper provides background information and identifies promising strategies to help guide New Jersey’s policy and practice on the reentry of gang-affiliated individuals. Its purpose is to synthesize and translate existing approaches, as well as new ideas, that could be implemented in New Jersey to improve reentry outcomes for gang-affiliated individuals. As such, it is intended for engaged practitioners and the policymaking community. The paper is part of a series of briefings on specific aspects of reentry published by the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice (NJISJ), a policy research and advocacy organization based in Newark, New Jersey. The identified strategies share a unifying theory of change: in order to be effective, reentry interventions for gang-affiliated individuals should be 1) targeted and tailored and 2) sustained and intensive. The highlighted approaches include both specific programs and emerging frameworks that could be piloted in the near-term. Rather than seeking to eliminate gangs, they provide lessons that could be used to achieve a more pragmatic goal: to make gang-related activity less violent and pervasive. The key lessons learned include: On the street, gang membership can be used to negotiate a place to live, a source of income, and a loyal set of friends; successful interventions will do the same; Comprehensive community-wide approaches offer the greatest likelihood of success; Direct ‘carrot-and-stick’ engagement with gang-affiliated individuals during and after release has demonstrated promise in reducing gang-related crime; Rewards and sanctions can be calibrated to match the risks and behaviors of the targeted individuals; Incremental approaches and violence reduction benchmarks are appropriate; Interventions should be maximally data-driven and experience-based. Details: Newark, NJ: New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, 2007. 30p. Source: Briefing Paper: Internet Resource: Accessed March 20, 2012 at http://www.njisj.org/documents/DoNoHarm_August2007.pdf Year: 2007 Country: United States URL: http://www.njisj.org/documents/DoNoHarm_August2007.pdf Shelf Number: 124618 Keywords: Gangs (New Jersey)Reentry (New Jersey) |