Access to full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter. Journal articles can act as an ideal resource to help support your assignments and studies.

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Article 1: Griffin, T., Miller, M.K., Hoppe, J., Rebideaux, A., & Hammack, R. (December 2007). A Preliminary Examination of AMBER Alert’s Effects. Criminal Justice Policy Review 18(4), 378-394.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What is an AMBER Alert?
2. What is the purpose of an AMBER Alert? In what specific situation is it designed for?
3. Why is the success result of an AMBER Alert’s effectiveness misleading?

Article 2: Katz, C.M., Webb, V.J., & Schaefer, D.R. (December 2000). The Validity of Police Gang Intelligence Lists: Examining Differences in Delinquency Between Documented Gang Members and Nondocumented Delinquent Youth. Police Quarterly 3(4), 413-437.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What is a gang information system and what are its uses?
2. What is the importance of documentation standards in gang information systems?
3. What does this study suggest regarding the usefulness of gang information systems?