National Youth Gang Intervention and Suppression Survey, 1980-1987

This survey was conducted by the National Youth Gang Intervention and Suppression Program. The primary goals of the program were to assess the national scope of the gang crime problem, to identify promising programs and approaches for dealing with the problem, to develop prototypes from the information gained about the most promising programs, and to provide technical assistance for the development of gang intervention and suppression programs nationwide. The survey was designed to encompass every agency in the country that was engaged in or had recently engaged in organized responses specifically intended to deal with gang crime problems. Cities were screened with selection criteria including the presence and recognition of a youth gang problem and the presence of a youth gang program as an organized response to the problem. Respondents were classified into several major categories and subcategories: law enforcement (mainly police, prosecutors, judges, probation, corrections, and parole), schools (subdivided into security and academic personnel), community, county, or state planners, other, and community/service (subdivided into youth service, youth and family service/treatment, comprehensive crisis intervention, and grassroots groups). These data include variables coded from respondents' definitions of the gang, gang member, and gang incident. Also included are respondents' historical accounts of the gang problems in their areas. Information on the size and scope of the gang problem and response was also solicited.

本调研由国家青少年犯罪干预与遏制项目组组织实施。该项目的主要目标在于评估全国范围内青少年犯罪问题的广泛程度，识别解决该问题的有效方案与途径，根据对最具潜力的项目所获取的信息开发原型，并为全国范围内青少年犯罪干预与遏制项目的发展提供技术支持。调研旨在涵盖国内所有参与或近期参与针对青少年犯罪问题进行组织性响应的机构。通过对各城市进行筛选，筛选标准包括青少年犯罪问题的存在与认可，以及存在以组织形式响应该问题的青少年犯罪项目。受访者被划分为多个主要类别和子类别：执法机构（主要包括警察、检察官、法官、缓刑、矫正和假释），学校（细分为安全和学术人员），社区、县或州规划者，其他，以及社区/服务（细分为青少年服务、青少年及家庭服务/治疗、全面危机干预和基层团体）。这些数据包括从受访者对青少年犯罪、犯罪成员和犯罪事件的定义中编码的变量。此外，还包括受访者对其地区青少年犯罪问题的历史描述。还征求了关于青少年犯罪问题的规模和应对措施范围的信息。