Reports/Publications

The following reports and publications were produced by the former Governor's Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy. As noted, in some cases these documents were jointly produced with other organizations. Many of these reports and publications are available in Adobe® Acrobat® (.pdf). You may download Adobe Reader from Adobe's website free of charge.

• Juvenile Arrests in California 1999 - 2009, December 2010 (.pdf)
• Second Report to the Legislature, Governor's Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy, November 2010 (.pdf)
• Homicide in California 1981-2008: Measuring the Impact of Los Angeles and Gangs on Overall Homicide Patterns (.pdf)
  Prepared by Tita, George, Ph.D. and Abrahamse, Allan for the Governor's Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy, April 2010.
• Preventing and Reducing Youth Crime and Violence: Using Evidence-Based Practices (.pdf) 
  Prepared by Greenwood, Ph.D., Peter for the Governor's Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy, January 2010.
• First-Year Report to the Legislature, Governor's Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy (.pdf)  
• Gang and Youth Violence State Program Inventory (.pdf)
  Includes:
       Section 1) Grants and Funding Streams
       Section 2) Funding Streams with Potential to Reduce Gang and Youth Violence
       Section 3) State-Delivered Services
• Youth Gangs: What You and Your Community Should Know (.pdf)
  Produced for the California State Senate by the California Research Bureau, in partnership with the Governor's Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy