Note
Appendix B includes RAND's survey instrument titled: Improving understanding of urban street gangs : an assessment of local experiences in ending gang and youth violence areas.
"January 2016."
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Résumé
"The aim of this study was to understand perceptions of the nature of urban street gangs and whether these gangs have changed in recent years in the 33 areas that make up the Government’s Ending Gang and Youth Violence (EGYV) programme (HM Government, 2011a). ... The study was based on the perceptions of practitioners working on gang-related issues as well as individuals who were current or ex-gang members, or associated with, or affiliated to gangs (referred to throughout as gang associates). It investigated the extent to which there were perceived similarities or differences in the nature of street gangs in EGYV areas and whether or not gangs were thought to have changed in the last two years. It also explored the extent to which there were common or divergent trends in perceptions at national or local levels. It was not the purpose of this study to evaluate the effectiveness of the EGYV programme or local measures to address gang and youth violence."--Summary.