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How Gangs Work: An Ethnography of Youth Violence (St Antony's Series)
James Densley
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Description for How Gangs Work: An Ethnography of Youth Violence (St Antony's Series)
Hardcover. Drawing on extensive interviews with gang members, this book provides a vivid portrayal of gang life. Topics include the profiles and motivations of gang members; the processes of gang evolution, organization, and recruitment; gang members' uses of violence, media, and technology and the role of gangs in the drugs trade and organized crime Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKVJ; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Drawing on extensive interviews with gang members, this book provides a vivid portrayal of gang life. Topics include the profiles and motivations of gang members; the processes of gang evolution, organization, and recruitment; gang members' uses of violence, media, and technology and the role of gangs in the drugs trade and organized crime
Drawing on extensive interviews with gang members, this book provides a vivid portrayal of gang life. Topics include the profiles and motivations of gang members; the processes of gang evolution, organization, and recruitment; gang members' uses of violence, media, and technology and the role of gangs in the drugs trade and organized crime
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
St Antony's Series
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137271501
SKU
V9781137271501
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Ref
99-15
About James Densley
James A. Densley is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Metropolitan State University, USA, a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Associate Member of the Extra-Legal Governance Institute at the University of Oxford, UK. He received the National Gang Crime Research Center Frederick Milton ... Read more
Reviews for How Gangs Work: An Ethnography of Youth Violence (St Antony's Series)
"In many ways, this work is overdue in terms of its contribution to the United Kingdom gang agenda. It signals a shift away from the frequently ideological rhetoric of United Kingdom academics over the last few years which has too often distracted United Kingdom gang scholars and it moves us back to critical ethnography and first-class fieldwork. In so doing, ... Read more