The National Gang Center (NGC) is: a coordinated project of three federal agencies, the: Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the——Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
In the "agency's statement on its website," it concedes that gang activities go beyond ages of gang members. The statement also says that the agency's strategies vary from prevention——to intervention, "suppression." ※