Promoting disengagement: Effects of a gang intervention and exiting Program on negative police contacts

IF 3.3 1区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Criminal Justice Pub Date : 2025-03-08 DOI:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102384

Jennifer S. Wong, Chelsey Lee

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Abstract

To address gang involvement in British Columbia, Canada, the Gang Intervention and Exiting Program (GIEP) was developed to assist individuals in leaving the gang lifestyle. The GIEP uses an individualized case management approach including external service referrals and is delivered by police officers and civilian case managers. The current study examines GIEP impacts on total negative police reports, as well as violent, weapons, and drug trafficking/production offences.

Methods

Outcomes were assessed using a single group repeated measures design on the population of clients served from program inception (November 2016) to December 2021 (n = 155). Population-averaged generalized estimating equations (GEEs) were implemented to examine the change in total negative police reports and violent, drug, and weapons offence count over time.

Results

Longitudinal analyses found significantly fewer police reports 12-, 18-, 30-, and 36-months post-entry when compared to the 6-month period preceding program entry. Findings also suggest a decrease in violent offending at 24-and 36-months post-entry, as well as in drug trafficking/production offences at 12-, 18-, and 30-months post-entry. No impact was found for weapons offences. Overall findings suggest that an individualized approach to providing services and supports can be effective for reducing negative police contacts and criminality among gang-involved individuals.

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促进脱离：帮派干预和退出计划对负面警察接触的影响

为了解决加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的帮派问题，制定了帮派干预和退出计划（GIEP），以帮助个人摆脱帮派生活方式。GIEP采用个性化案件管理方法，包括外部服务转介，由警官和文职案件管理人员提供。目前的研究考察了GIEP对全部负面警察报告的影响，以及暴力、武器和毒品贩运/生产犯罪。方法采用单组重复测量设计对项目开始（2016年11月）至2021年12月（n = 155）所服务的客户群体进行结果评估。实施人口平均广义估计方程（GEEs）来检查总负面警察报告和暴力，毒品和武器犯罪计数随时间的变化。结果纵向分析发现，与进入项目前6个月相比，进入项目后12个月、18个月、30个月和36个月的警察报告明显减少。调查结果还表明，在入境后24个月和36个月，暴力犯罪有所减少，在入境后12个月、18个月和30个月，贩毒/生产犯罪有所减少。没有发现武器犯罪的影响。总体调查结果表明，提供个性化服务和支持的方法可以有效地减少与警察的负面接触和帮派成员之间的犯罪行为。

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Journal of Criminal Justice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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6.90

自引率

9.10%

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审稿时长

23 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Criminal Justice is an international journal intended to fill the present need for the dissemination of new information, ideas and methods, to both practitioners and academicians in the criminal justice area. The Journal is concerned with all aspects of the criminal justice system in terms of their relationships to each other. Although materials are presented relating to crime and the individual elements of the criminal justice system, the emphasis of the Journal is to tie together the functioning of these elements and to illustrate the effects of their interactions. Articles that reflect the application of new disciplines or analytical methodologies to the problems of criminal justice are of special interest. Since the purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of new ideas, new information, and the application of new methods to the problems and functions of the criminal justice system, the Journal emphasizes innovation and creative thought of the highest quality.