As a steady source of juvenile delinquents and an incubator for
future adult offenders, the youth gang has long been a focus of
attention, from their origins and prevalence to intervention and
prevention strategies. But while delinquent youth form gangs
worldwide, youth gang research has generally focused on the
U.S.
"Youth Gangs in International Perspective" provides a needed
corrective by offering significant studies from across Europe, as
well as Trinidad-Tobago and Israel. The book spans the diversity of
the field in the cultural and scholarly traditions represented and
methods used, analyzing not only the social processes under which
gangs operate and cohere, but also the evolution of the research
base, starting with the Eurogang Program's definition of the term
"youth gang." Cross-national and gender issues are discussed, as
are measurement concerns and the possibility that the American
conception of the youth gang is impeding European understanding of
these groups. Among the topics covered:
Gang dynamics through the lens of social identity
theory.Defining gangs in youth correctional settings.Gang gender
composition and youth delinquency.From Stockholm: a holistic
approach to gang intervention.Gang membership as a turning point in
the life course.The impact of globalization, immigration, and
social process on neo-Nazi youth gangs.
Filling a critical gap in the literature, "Youth Gangs in
International Perspective" will find a wide audience among
criminologists, policymakers specializing in youth crime, and
researchers and graduate students in criminology, political
science, and youth studies.
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