Jorja Leap is the author of Jumped In: What Gangs Taught Me About Violence, Drugs, Love, and Redemption. She has been a member of the UCLA faculty since 1992. A recognized expert in crisis intervention, she is the senior policy advisor on gangs and youth violence for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
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In 2010, former gang leader turned community activist Big Mike Cummings asked UCLA gang expert Jorja Leap to colead a group of men struggling to be better fathers in Watts, South Los Angeles. These men, black and brown, from late adolescence to middle age... SEE MORE