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This report explores the causal factors for Aboriginal gangs, including the risk factors that make some Aboriginal youth particularly vulnerable to the seductions of gang life, and describes three programs that aim to help in the prevention and intervention of Aboriginal gang activities at both the street and institutional levels. [...] The goal of this report is to describe the complex process of Aboriginal gang formation and recruitment on the street and in Canadian prisons. [...] As part of the project, an evaluation team has as their mandate the role of documenting youth gang related activities in the area to establish some understanding of the extent and nature of the problem. [...] The most challenging aspect of the evaluation process, this component of the evaluation requires establishing baseline indicators of "gang activities" in the area and then "re-measuring" them as the initiative progresses. [...] The strategies of the Unit are to establish high police visibility in prevalent gang environments, educate members of the community on gangs and their activities on both prevention, intervention and general awareness, provide strong enforcement of the law, develop sources to interdict gang activities, to participate in the development of community solutions, and generally work toward effective sol.