NCJ Number
153704
Date Published
1995
Length
86 pages
Annotation
This three-part report evaluates Hawaii's Youth Gang Response System (YGRS), created in 1990 to develop gang prevention and intervention programs.
Abstract
Statistics show that arrests of youth rose by nearly 79 percent in Hawaii during the past decade, in comparison with a 17 percent increase seen nationally during the same time period. While arrests of youths for serious violent crime rose 57 percent nationally, in Hawaii, juvenile arrests for violent crime remained virtually unchanged between 1983 and 1993; most of the increase in juvenile arrests was attributed to arrests for status offenses, including running away and violating curfews. This section of the evaluation describes some of the specific programs conducted by YGRS agencies to combat delinquency. These programs include Positive Alternative Gang Education (PAGE), which features a joint school-police effort to prevent children from youth gang involvement; the School Attendance Program (SAP), based on the premise that truancy can lead to other delinquent behaviors and gang activity; Boys and Girls Club of Honolulu recreational programs; an after-school tutoring program; and YMCA outreach services. 8 references and 1 appendix