Symposium/Conference to provide professionals who work with gang members with information about effective strategies to reduce gang-related violence. The Symposium will be held June 10-13, 2002, in Orlando, Florida.

Investigative print and radio series. "Twenty years ago, a new kind of prison was taking America by storm. The supermax prison was designed to incapacitate dangerous criminals by locking them down in stark isolation, sometimes for years on end. So have the supermaxes lived up to their promise of stopping violent criminals?"

Information from the FBI reveals how gangs follow family relocation patterns.

Profiles of the largest organized gangs with memberships numbering in the thousands. Includes tips for parents and concerned community members.

Includes information on Crips, Bloods, Folks, People, Prison-based sets, and security threat groups.

Collection of links to gang-related information in the internet.

Section of "Urban Ethnography of Southern California Latino Gangs" that deals specifically with the role of females.

An email based discussion list specifically about gangs, and gang-related trends.

Resource for all gang members to connect and discuss problems. Message boards, self help and advice from other gang members.

Gang awareness experts providing instruction for law enforcement officers, educators and social workers.

A federal judge in San Francisco is due to sentence five leaders of a California prison gang. The men have already pleaded guilty to drug dealing, extortion and murder across northern California. What's unusual is that the gang leaders were already serving life sentences in one of America's most secure prisons when they ordered the crimes. [12:56 streaming audio broadcast]

National overview, articles on specific types of gangs and the "National Gang Threat Assessment." Links to local contacts in the U.S.

A series of 24 articles which profile different aspects of gang membership in Phoenix, Arizona.

Street and prison gang consultant, offering research, litigation support, and expert testimony, for both prosecutors and defense attorneys.

Information about a variety of gang types, including warning signs of youth affiliation.

Articles on (and links to) Latino street gangs from around the U.S.

Gang expert Steve Nawojczyk discusses the dynamics of street gangs. Advice for parents and educators, links to other web resources and a weblog.

2001 article overviews the resurgence of gang-related violent crime in Los Angeles.

Documentary by John Whitehead about the gang-related murder and suicide of four teenagers in the rural community of Appleton, Wisconsin. Profiles the increasing role of gangs in rural communities around America.