Putting the Evaluation Findings to Work

Form collaborations among community, schools, corrections, probation/parole, and law enforcement to increase coordination efforts in responding to gangs.
Promote a comprehensive approach by developing and implementing gang programs/strategies that include prevention, intervention and suppression strategies.
Develop criteria for defining gangs and gang-related crime.
Efforts should focus on gang-related behavior as well as membership.
Develop clear goals and objectives based on the community needs and problems.
Collect measures that will address how the program affects factors including gang membership, gang violence or other harm caused by gangs.
Use multiple sources of data to determine program impact.
Strengthen the study's research design by ensuring similar comparison groups are used to determine program impact.

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