Stopping Gang Violence

Stopping youth gang involvement requires public health and public safety professionals working together. Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership provides insights into risk factors for kids joining gangs and offers principles for prevention to change the course of the future for young people.The consequences of gangs and their burden on law enforcement and public health systems in our communities are significant. Law enforcement intervention and suppression efforts alone are not sufficient to solve the youth gang problem in the United States.
Preventing young people from joining gangs in the first place is crucial to realizing a significant and lasting reduction in youth gang activity. Everyday young teens are getting killed because of being in a gang. It it not safe at all.