Gangs.The Bureau of Justice Assistance Noun 1. Bureau of Justice Assistance - the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse BJA (BJA Noun 1. BJA - the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse Bureau of Justice Assistance ) presents Gang-and Drug-Related Homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. : Baltimore's Successful Enforcement Strategy, which examines inner-city gang characteristics and growth as well as traditional and new, effective gang enforcement by the police. This report presents several innovative strategies to combat inner-city gangs: prosecution of gang members, effective gang enforcement, and investigative approaches (controlled arrests, interviews of randomly arrested gang members, and grand juries as investigative tools). Sample case files from the Baltimore, Maryland "Baltimore" redirects here. For the surrounding county, see Baltimore County, Maryland. For other uses, see Baltimore (disambiguation). Baltimore is an independent city located in the state of Maryland in the United States. , Police Department are discussed. This publication further stresses the importance of creating police gang units and implementing strategy reviews as effective law enforcement tools to deter gang activity. This report is available electronically at http://www.ncjrs.org/html/bja/gang. |
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