Arrest Trends, Gang Involvement, and Truancy in Hawaii: An Interim Report to the Twenty-Second Hawaii State Legislature

Prepared by: Meda Chesney-Lind, Principal Investigator Lisa Pasko, Project Coordinator Nancy Marker, Educational Specialist Shayna Freeman and Joanne Nakano, Research Assistants

Center for Youth Research Social Science Research Institute University of Hawaii at Manoa 2424 Maile Way Room 704 Honolulu HI 96822

Publication No. 417

February, 2004

This project was supported by an agreement from the Office of Youth Services, Department of Human Services, State of Hawaii.