National Gang Center

This webinar held on October 26, 2022 and presented by OJJDP’s National Gang Center, explores the roles of key professionals, including street outreach workers, credible messengers, violence interrupters, and other youth advocates who work to intervene in youth violence.

As the seventh and final in the "Community Violence Intervention—Addressing Gangs" series, this webinar, held on February 23, 2022, focuses on the nuts and bolts of coordinating a comprehensive response to gang, group, or gun violence.

The sixth webinar in the “Community Violence Intervention—Addressing Gangs” series was held on December 14, 2021. It focuses on the steps for building a community-based comprehensive response with a focus on engaging partners and establishing a steering committee to guide the process.

This webinar is the third in the "Community Violence Intervention—Addressing Gangs" series and was held on held on July 29, 2021, addresses why youth join gangs. Research suggests that joining a gang is a complex decision that involves multiple negative conditions that "push" youth into gangs, as well as perceived positive opportunities that "pull" youth into gangs.

Held on March 16, 2016 and hosted by OJJDP in conjunction with the National Gang Center, this webinar outlined how best to conduct street outreach when gang-involved clients are in danger.

This webinar held on October 28, 2021, focuses on the need for conducting a comprehensive and systematic community gang assessment to determine the nature and scope of what is driving the violence in a community.

This webinar took place on September 28, 2021 and focuses on the operation of the multidisciplinary intervention team, as a core strategy in a community violence intervention.

This webinar held on June 30, 2021, focuses on street outreach as a core strategy in community violence intervention.

This webinar held on April 29, 2020, focuses on the nature of gang involvement in human trafficking; challenges in investigation and prosecution, along with some potential solutions; and resources available to support law enforcement and prosecution efforts throughout the process.

This webinar held on March 16, 2016, outlines how best to conduct street outreach when gang-involved clients are in danger.

This webinar held on April 15, 2021 was the first in the "Addressing Gangs" webinar series, which provides participants with an in-depth understanding of the process to implement a comprehensive gang reduction strategy in their community.