DJS

Question 1

Average cost to incarcerate a youth in MD

Answer 1

$500 per day

Question 2

Gang definition in Maryland

Answer 2

Miller (internal): Self-formed association of peers
bound together by mutual interests
with identifiable leadership
Well-defined lines of authority and other organizational features who commit illegal activity and control a particular territory

Question 3

GREAT program

Answer 3

Gang Resistance Education and Training: school-based
teaches youths to avoid membership, prevents violence and criminal activity, and assists youths in developing positive relationships with law enforcement

Question 4

5 strategies in OJJDP’s Comprehensive Gang Model

Answer 4

1. Community Mobilization
2. opportunities provision
3. Social intervention
4. suppression
5. Organizational change and development