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		2004 Highlights of National Youth Gang Survey
		BJA/COPS "Solutions to Prevent Gang Crime"
		Bureau of Justice Statistics, Violence by Gang Members, June 2005
		Co-Offending and Patterns of Juvenile Crime
		Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Caught In In the Crossfire: Arresting Gang Violence by Investing In Kids, 2004
		Justice Policy Institute Fact Sheet on Gangs
		Cities Try Wrangling Gangs with Civil Suits, USA Today, September 8, 2008
		Gangs Grow but Hard Line Stirs Doubts, New York Times, September 13, 2007
		No More Children Left Behind Bars, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, March 6, 2008

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For those convicted of drug offenses, a lower percentage of African-American youth (37%) received probation than White youth (44%) or Latino youth (53%). [more facts]