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Gangs, Community and Corrections

This 2-hour forum on gang-related criminal activity in the community and within the correctional environment was originally broadcast on June 10, 1998. Program objectives are to help viewers: identify gangs and deviant groups; create strategies for interagency collaboration; implement strategies for identification and management of gangs; and understand the impact of gangs on the community. The first half of the program focuses on problems related to gangs in the community. Points addressed include identifying gangs and deviant groups, myths vs. reality of gangs, trends and future implications, and gang management - what works in the community. The second half of the program deals with topics concerning gangs in institutions, such as agency collaboration, identifying and monitoring gangs, gang management in jails and prisons, and trends and future implications, and gang management - what works in the community. Text includes various papers, text for overheads, and gang quizzes. Accession Number: 014613

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