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1 results foundAuthor: Gottfredson, Denise C. Title: Reducing Gang Violence: A Randomized Trial of Functional Family Therapy Summary: During the past quarter century adolescent street gangs, once primarily a phenomenon of a few major metropolitan areas, have spread rapidly throughout the United States. In its most recent survey, the National Youth Gang Center estimated that there were 30,700 gangs with 850,000 members located in over 3,100 jurisdictions throughout the country. Gangs were found in 85 percent of larger cities, 50 percent of suburban counties, 32 percent of smaller cities, and 15 percent of rural counties. The number of gangs, gang members, and gang-related homicides are on the rise when compared to the previous 5-year average and the problem of street gangs now reaches into all corners of American society (Egley, et al., 2014). Gang members are involved at a higher level than non-gang members in virtually all forms of criminal behavior including violent crime, property crime, drug use, drug sales, and gun crime (Thornberry et al., 2003). The impact of gang membership has also been linked to the recent upswing in homicide and violent crime in cities such as Philadelphia, the site of this study, and Chicago (DEA, 2015; University of Chicago Crime Lab, 2017). Gang membership also has a host of negative consequences that disrupt the normal course of development. These consequences include reduced school commitment and educational attainment, becoming a teen parent, experiencing unemployment, commitment to negative peers, and anger identity (Krohn et al., 2011; Melde and Esbensen, 2011; 2013; Pyrooz, 2014). Although adolescents are typically only gang members for 1 or 2 years, the negative impact of their exposure to the gang lasts into adulthood. During their late twenties and early thirties, gang members evidence increased economic hardship and family problems, poorer physical and mental health, substance abuse and continued involvement in crime including elevated rates of incarceration (Gilman, Hill, Hawkins, 2014; Krohn, et al., 2011). Similarly, gang membership is significantly related to the perpetration of child maltreatment against the next generation (Augustyn, Thornberry, and Krohn, 2014). Given the prevalence of gangs and their negative impact both on public safety and the behavior and development of gang members (Pyrooz, Turanivic, Decker, and Wu, 2016; Thornberry, Krohn, Lizotte, Smith, and Tobin, 2003), it is important to develop effective programs to prevent gang membership and to reduce the impact of gangs on the adolescents who do join them. However, in this area where effective programs are strongly needed, they are least available. While there are evidence-based programs (EBPs) for a variety of other problem behaviors, there are currently no known gang programs that meet rigorous standards of demonstrated effectiveness such as those promulgated by the Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development(blueprintsprograms.com). The purpose of this study was to produce knowledge about how to prevent at-risk youth from joining gangs and reduce delinquency among active gang members. The study evaluated a modification of Functional Family Therapy, a model program from the Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development initiative, to assess its effectiveness for reducing gang membership and delinquency in a gang-involved population. Details: Washington, DC: Department of Justice, 2018. 14p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 16, 2018 at: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/251754.pdf Year: 2018 Country: United States URL: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/251754.pdf Shelf Number: 154016 Keywords: At-Risk Youth Evidence-Based Programs Gang Membership Gang Prevention Gangs Juveniles Reduce Delinquency |