The Gang and Beyond
Interpreting Violent Street Worlds
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Urban, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology
| Author: | S. Hallsworth | ISBN: | 9781137358103 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | October 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | S. Hallsworth |
| ISBN: | 9781137358103 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | October 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book challenges the widely held conjecture that gangs represent 'the new face of youth crime', repudiating claims which situate the gang at the heart of sexual violence, mass shooting and control of the illegal drugs trade and examining how better we might understand the violence of the street and the organisations that inhabit it.
This book challenges the widely held conjecture that gangs represent 'the new face of youth crime', repudiating claims which situate the gang at the heart of sexual violence, mass shooting and control of the illegal drugs trade and examining how better we might understand the violence of the street and the organisations that inhabit it.
