The National Gang Crime Research Center (NGCRC) was formed in 1990.

The Journal of Gang Research  is now in its ninth volume as a professional quarterly journal. The Journal of Gang Research  is abstracted in numerous places, including the American Psychological Association's Psychological Abstracts, PsycLIT, etc, the Sociological Abstracts, Social Work Abstracts, Criminal Justice Abstracts, etc. The Journal of Gang Research is useful to anyone who wants to have a better understanding of gangs and gang members. The NGCRC also distributes a number of specialized reports dealing with gangs and a wide variety of gang problems.

• All types of gangs as groups or organizations
• Street gangs
• Prison gangs
• Female gangs
• Youth gangs
• Juvenile gangs
• Criminal gangs
• Drug gangs
• Racist/extremist/cult-like gangs
• Formal "quasi" Organized Crime-type gangs
• Informal "playgroup" streetcorner-type gangs
• Violent gangs
• Literally, every type of gang that has ever been identified in history!
• Information on what goes on "inside" gangs today such as:
• Gang recruitment techniques and methods
• Gang initiation rites
• Written codes and "prayers" used by gangs today
• All of the symbols and means by which gangs "represent" their gang involvement
• All of the socio-linguistic or gang-argot "expressions" and the special "gang vocabulary"
• Activities gangs are involved in (drugs, violence, crime, etc)
• The "Who" and "Where" of gangs in the United States today:
• The NGCRC has, since 1990, maintained the proprietary "National Geographic Guide to Gangs in the U.S.A."
• The "Geo-Guide" lists all major gangs operating in the USA today, and what cities or jurisdictions they can be found in.
• The NGCRC also maintains the "Sociolinguistic Guide to Gang Argot, Vocabulary, and Secret Gang Language".
• The NGCRC also maintains the single largest and most accurate "Gang Identification Database".
• The Gang Identification database comes from the gang members themselves, not simply photos of "gang graffiti" left on buildings.
• The NGCRC believes the best place to get some information about gangs is directly from gang members.
• The scope and extent of the gang problem in the USA today.
• How local municipal police departments are responding to the gang problem.
• How county sheriff's departments are responding to the gang problem.
• How prosecutors are responding to the gang problem.
• How county jails are responding to the gang problem.
• How adult correctional institutions are responding to the gang problem.
• How juvenile correctional institutions are responding to the gang problem.
• And MORE!!
To find out more about the NGCRC, write to: National Gang Crime Research Center, P.O. Box 990, Peotone, IL 60468.

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