[USA] ICE arrests more than 1,700 during largest ever nationwide gang surge / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), September 2008
http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0810/081001washington.htm
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today the arrests of 1,759 gang members and associates, criminals and immigration violators as part of a comprehensive law enforcement operation led by ICE agents. Law enforcement agencies at the federal, state and local level partnered during this four-month long public safety surge, which ended yesterday, that targeted violent street gangs and their criminal associates in 53 cities across 28 states."
Factsheet: Operation Community Shield: Targeting Violent Transnational Street Gangs
http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/factsheets/opshieldfactsheet.htm

Britain learns Chicago gang plan / BBC, 15 October 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7671279.stm
"Experts on gang culture in the United States are offering advice on how to tackle the issue in Britain. Two officials from Chicago are speaking at a conference in Glasgow organised by the Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit. They will describe how gang violence can be tackled through counselling, mediation and the use of role models. "

Flaws in YouTube gangster video vetting exposed / The Times, September 18 2008
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article4775927.ece
"A Times investigation has exposed failures in the video-sharing website’s monitoring system and prompted action to tighten security Clips show how gangs are using the internet to intimidate rivals YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing website, this week removed over two dozen videos glorifying gangs and gang violence which had been on its website in some cases for over 18 months."

Gangs and Gang Crime: Advice for parents / Directgov

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Yourchildshealthandsafety/WorriedAbout/DG_171325

"This page gives advice aimed at parents on gangs and gang crime."

Stop and search makes gangs stronger, says former Met police boss / Guardian, 28 August 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/28/knifecrime?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews
"Criminal psychologist believes tactic marginalises youths and drives them to knife crime."

Dying for respect: the new generation competing to fill power vacuum on streets of Birmingham / Guardian, 2 September 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/sep/02/ukcrime.knifecrime1?gusrc=rss&feed=politics

'Gang spotter guide' for parents / BBC, 2 September 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7592170.stm
"Parents are being given guidance on how to recognise signs their child may be in a gang.
The advice booklet coincides with the launch of a charity in Birmingham set up by the mothers of two teenagers who were killed in a drive-by shooting."

Gang culture clash
Jane's Police Review, 6 August 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
"Gangs are in the news, and no wonder. On 18 July, Frederick Moody, of Lambeth, south London, was stabbed to death - at that time, he was the 2st teenager to die a violent death in London this year."
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'Lack of role models' fuels gangs / BBC News, Friday, 8 August 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7547630.stm

"A lack of parent and adult role models is driving young people into gangs, according to the Prince's Trust. A survey published by the charity found that one in three young people in the UK say they do not think of their own parents as people they respect."

Prince's Trust report - The Culture of Youth Communities?

Lambeth targets gangs with first dedicated action plan / 24dash.com, 29 July 2008
http://digbig.com/4xgam
"Lambeth Council’s cabinet finalised its five-year plan to tackle gang activity among young people last night, making Lambeth one of the first boroughs to have a dedicated action plan to target this issue. Lambeth’s own proposals have been drawn up because of rising concerns around young people getting involved in gangs and violence, and include an extra two million investment in youth services, a 'hotline' for parents concerned about their children, specialist outreach teams..."

Gangs at the Grassroots: Community solutions to street violence / New Local Government Network, 17 July 2008
PDF - http://www.nlgn.org.uk/public/wp-content/uploads/gangs-at-the-grassroots.pdf
Anthony Brand and Richard Ollerearnshaw

Going ballistic: dealing with guns, gangs and knives / Policy Exchange, 2008
PDF - http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/libimages/407.pdf
Dr Bob Golding and Jonathan McClory
Edited by Gavin Lockhart

[New Zealand] Vigilantes and triads 'last resort' in battle against crime / nzherald.co.nz, 7 July 2008
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10520362
"Triad gangs and vigilante groups would only be used to combat crime as a "last resort", the chairman of the Asian Anti-crime Group has said. More than 10,000 people took part in the group's march through the Manukau suburb of Botany Downs on Saturday. The rally called on the Government to take a tougher stance on crime."

'My parents told me if someone hurts me to hurt them back two times more' / Guardian, 14 July 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jul/14/knifecrime.ukcrime1?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews
"Members of six gangs and their families spoke to researchers during a two-year research project that found official tactics to curb street gangs were misinformed and failing"
Youth gangs in an English city: PDF - http://www.law.manchester.ac.uk/research/centres/ccsls/gangunit/documents/RES-000-23-0615-5k_000.pdf

Blood sisters / Guardian, 3 July 2008
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,2289179,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=society
Angela Neustatter
"According to the Youth Justice Board, there has been a 25% increase in offences committed by girls aged 10 to 17 over the past three years - with a 50% increase in violent offences. The issue was brought into sharp focus this week in reports of the trial of Chelsea Bennett, 19, who admitted stabbing and killing Sian Simpson, 17. Bennett was cleared of murder, having argued that she acted in self-defence. Police reports of the crime noted that there had been between 12 and 30 girls at the scene in Croydon, south London, when the killing happened in June last year - Simpson's death had apparently come after hours of escalating tension between two groups of young women."

Gym-going criminals 'grooming' vulnerable young male officers
Jane's Police Review, 20 June 2008
http://jpr.janes.com/
"Organised criminal gang members are going to gyms and sport clubs looking to 'groom' cops into becoming their informers, anti-corruption officers have warned this week. Police Review has learned officers in the East Midlands area are being offered steroids by criminals, who then either befriend them or blackmail them into giving them valuable force information."
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Youth crime is the symptom of a wider disease / Guardian, 3 July 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/02/knifecrime.youthjustice?gusrc=rss&feed=society
Jonathan Rutherford
"Gun culture thrives where social life is dying. The working-class estates devastated by de-industrialisation are where a defeated, unwanted people have been herded away to suffer a self-inflicted fate of drugs and violence. Decades of unemployment have destroyed the old patriarchal order of male breadwinner and head of household. Not only has it meant poverty, it has lost many men their dignity and self- worth. In communities deprived of the markers of status that bring respect, violence takes the place of authority. Sons inherit the legacy of their fathers' humiliation. Without work and affordable housing, it is impossible for many to create an independent life of their own. The traditional rites of passage into adulthood – leaving home, getting a job, establishing a family, and taking on legal obligations and rights – disappear."

Family 'replaced by gang culture' / BBC, 2 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7484605.stm
"Barbara Wilding, Chief Constable of South Wales, said in some areas tribal loyalty replaced that of the family. Her speech was made at King's College London in May, and reported in The Times, which obtained a transcript. Ms Wilding said that family breakdown was the root cause of many problems for young people."
Times article - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4252089.ece

City of London's banking quarter becomes battlefield for drug gangs / Times, 28 June 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4228487.ece
Adam Fresco
"The City of London is becoming a magnet at the weekends for vicious gangs involved in shootings, drug dealing and extortion. Where once the Square Mile would be deserted at the end of the working week, now tens of thousands of party-goers travel to clubs that hold more than 1,000 people. Among them are rival gangs, who over the past two years have been attracted by lax parking restrictions and the relatively low number of officers available to patrol the area. Some are drug dealers seeking to take control of valuable new markets, while others are looking to settle scores."

Best Practices To Address Community Gang Problems: OJJDP’s Comprehensive Gang Model / NCJRS, June 2008
PDF - http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/222799.pdf
"The report provides communities responding to a present or potential youth gang problem with guidance in implementing OJJDP's Comprehensive Gang Model. It describes the research informing the model, notes findings from evaluations of several programs demonstrating the model, and outlines best practices derived from practitioners with experience in planning and implementing the model in their communities."