National Youth Gang Survey Analysis

Since 1996, the National Youth Gang Center has conducted an annual survey of law enforcement agencies to assess the extent of gang problems by measuring the presence, characteristics, and behaviors of local gangs in jurisdictions throughout the United States. This Web resource contains analysis and findings from the ongoing National Youth Gang Surveys. Numerous charts and descriptions are provided on year of gang onset, demographic characteristics of gang members, gang unit operation, gang-member migration patterns, gang-related offenses, definitional characteristics of a gang, and designations of gang membership as a resource for understanding gang problems.