SEATTLE - It's pretty much a no-brainer that a kid who joins a gang - even briefly during adolescence - stands a greater chance of committing crimes, using drugs and winding up in prison as an adult.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A two-year study concludes the Charlottesville area has more than 180 active gang members. That finding is from an Albemarle County and Charlottesville task force on gang ...

In a new study, a University of Cincinnati sociologist is shedding light on how TikTok content produced by gang members could be used to better inform law enforcement and policymakers for more ...

Research from CU Boulder sociology professor shows that for many prisoners, gang affiliation tends to drop off once they are released back into their communities Nearly everyone who enters prison in ...

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Increased interaction of warders with prisoners is important in pre-empting gang attacks and other gang-related activity in prisons, a study released on Monday reveals. ”Engagement with prisoners is a ...

"Instead of hanging out on street corners, they're hanging out on social media." That's how Francesco Carlo Campisi, a Ph.D. student at Université de Montréal supervised by criminology professor ...

In some parts of Durham, a color can mean the difference between life and death. An injured gang member puts Emergency Medical Service workers in a dangerous situation. If rescuers are not careful, ...

Gang graffiti in Los Angeles. A recent study of the California Gang Database by the authors of this commentary found 103,840 entries by 222 law enforcement agencies, which translated to about ...