The OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model is a set of five core strategies—community mobilization, opportunities provision, social intervention, suppression, and organizational change and development—that offer a comprehensive, collaborative approach designed to prevent and reduce gang violence. Read more about the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model.
Comprehensive Gang Model Videos
These videos provide in-depth overviews and real-life examples of the Comprehensive Gang Model.
Comprehensive Gang Model Webinars
These webinars highlight real-life experiences and examples from communities that have implemented the Comprehensive Gang Model
This informational sheet provides an overview of the Comprehensive Gang Model’s five core strategies.
A guide to provide law enforcement leaders with an overview of the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model—a framework for addressing youth gang problems.
The assessment guide A Guide to Assessing Your Community’s Youth Gang Problem provides a blueprint for conducting a comprehensive community gang problem assessment.
The implementation manual Planning for Implementation provides a guide to development of a plan to implement the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model (Model).
Additional Resources
- Frequently Asked Questions About the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model
- Best Practices to Address Community Gang Problems
- Mobilizing Communities to Address Gang Problems (Adobe PDF)
- Multidisciplinary Gang Intervention Teams (Adobe PDF)
- Street Outreach and the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model (Adobe PDF)
- Gang Prevention: An Overview of Research and Programs (Adobe PDF)
- Other Selected Publications