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Publications

DownloadGang Card for Parents English

DownloadA Guide to Assessing Your Community’s Youth Gang Problem

DownloadGang Card for Parents Espanol

DownloadEarly Precursors of Gang Member: A Study of Seattle Youth

DownloadModern Day Youth Gangs

DownloadDreams, Gangs, Guns: The Interplay Between Adolescent Violence and Immigration in a New York City Neighborhood

DownloadStreet Gangs and Interventions: Innovative Problem Solving with Network Analysis

DownloadYouth Gangs in Schools

DownloadUniversity of Idaho Gang Research Executive Summary

GANGS IN IDAHO

In Idaho, gang members come from all races, cultures, and social classes. Contrary to popular belief, Idaho gang members are not all Hispanic youth from single parent households and low-income neighborhoods in the Nampa/Caldwell area or youth with shaved heads from the mountains in Northern Idaho.

A large number of youth that are joining gangs are raised in two parent households with middle or sometimes upper levels of socio-economic status. In addition, gang activity is scattered throughout the entire State of Idaho from Sandpoint to Boise and from Caldwell to Idaho Falls.