Impact of Gang Migration: Effective Responses by Law Enforcement Agencies in the United States, 1992
Description
This study was the first attempt to investigate gang
migration systematically and on a national level. The primary
objectives of the study were (1) to identify the scope of gang
migration nationally, (2) to describe the nature of gang migration,
(3) to assess the impact of gang migration on destination cities, and
(4) to describe the current law enforcement responses to the migration
of gangs and identify those that appeared to be most effective for
various types of migration. Two phases of data collection were
used. The major objective of the initial phase was to identify cities
that had experienced gang migration (Part 1). This was accomplished by
distributing a brief mail questionnaire in 1992 to law enforcement
agencies in cities identified as potential gang or gang migration
sites. The second major phase of data collection involved in-depth
telephone interviews with law enforcement officers in cities that had
experienced gang migration in order to develop descriptions of the
nature of migration and police responses to it (Part 2). For Part 1,
information was collected on the year migration started, number of
migrants in the past year, factors that deter gang migration, number
of gang members, names of gangs, ethnic distribution of gang members
and their drug market involvement, number of gang homicides, number of
1991 gang "drive-bys", and if gangs or narcotics were specified in the
respondent's assignment. For Part 2, information was collected on the
demographics of gang members, the ethnic percentage of drug gang
members and their involvement in distributing specific drugs, and the
influence of gang migrants on local gang and crime situations in terms
of types and methods of crime, drug distribution activities,
technology/equipment used, and targets of crime. Information on
patterns of gang migration, including motivations to migrate, drug gang
migration, and volume of migration, was also collected. Local responses
to gang migration covered information sources, department policies
relative to migration, gang specialization in department, approaches
taken by the department, and information exchanges and coordination
among local, state, and federal agencies.
Resources
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ICPSR02570.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02570.v1 |
Tags
- drug-traffic
- gang-migration
- gangs
- gang-violence
- drive-by-shootings
- cities
- police-response
- gang-members