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Youth in Crisis? - 'Gangs', Territoriality and Violence (Paperback)
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Youth in Crisis? - 'Gangs', Territoriality and Violence (Paperback)
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Few issues attract greater concern and censure than those that
surround youth 'gangs'. Paradoxically, youth researchers have
conventionally been reluctant to even use the term 'gang' but, more
recently, such reluctance has receded. Indeed, it is increasingly
claimed that - in particular urban 'territories' - youth gangs are
commonplace, some young people are deeply immersed in violence and
the carrying and use of weapons (particularly knives and firearms)
is routine. Furthermore, populist discourse and media reporting
even imply that 'crisis' conditions afflict identifiable groups of
young people in urban locales. Alongside such concern and censure,
contemporary policy formation and practice developments are placing
greater emphasis upon strategies and modes of intervention
ostensibly designed to 'break the cycle' and, it is claimed, offset
young people's progress towards involvement in 'gang' activity
and/or serious organised adult crime. Comprising a series of essays
from leading national and international researchers, this book
subjects such claims to rigorous critical scrutiny. It provides a
challenging and authoritative account of complex questions
pertaining to urban youth identities, crime and social order. This
book locates the question of 'gangs' in both historical and
contemporary contexts. It engages a spectrum of theoretical
perspectives and analytical positions. It presents and analyses
cutting-edge empirical research. It addresses a range of previously
neglected questions, including those pertaining to girls, young
women and 'gangs'. The volume provides a vital resource for
researchers, educators, policy-makers and practitioners with an
interest in key questions facing criminology, sociology and social
policy.
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