Comprehensive Gang Model
The Comprehensive Gang Model is a set of five core strategies—community mobilization, opportunities provision, social intervention, suppression, and
organizational change and development—that offer a framework for multi-sector coordination designed to prevent and reduce gang violence.
Overview of Core Strategies
This informational sheet provides an overview of the Comprehensive Gang Model’s five core strategies.
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Law Enforcement Official’s Guide
A guide to provide law enforcement leaders with an overview of the Comprehensive Gang Model— a framework for addressing youth gang problems
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Assessment Guide
The assessment guide A Guide to Assessing Your Community’s Youth Gang Problem provides a blueprint for conducting a comprehensive community gang problem assessment.
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Implementation Manual
The implementation manual Planning for Implementation provides a guide to development of a plan to implement the Comprehensive Gang Model (Model).
View PDFAdditional Resources
- Frequently Asked Questions About the Comprehensive Gang Model
- Best Practices to Address Community Gang Problems
- Mobilizing Communities to Address Gang Problems (PDF)
- Multidisciplinary Gang Intervention Teams (PDF)
- Street Outreach and the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model (PDF)
- Gang Prevention: An Overview of Research and Programs (PDF)
- Other Selected Publications
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