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Defining Street Gangs in the 21st Century: Fluid, Mobile, and Transnational Networks
C. E. Prowse
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Description for Defining Street Gangs in the 21st Century: Fluid, Mobile, and Transnational Networks
paperback. Suitable for researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, this title presents the dimensions of fluidity of gang membership and geographic mobility across police jurisdictions is increasingly seen as the organizational pattern of emerging gangs, in large part shaped by worldwide patterns of human migration and globalization. Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology. Num Pages: 54 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JKVJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 3. Weight in Grams: 122.
In contrast to the pattern of long-standing occidental street gangs modelled in the North American paradigm, new-age gangs have appeared as loosely organized, with a high degree of interchangeability of their membership. Associated with this structural fluidity is an equally significant geographic mobility, which paradoxically does not appear to diminish the intensity of personal bonds formed within and between ‘new-age’ gangs. The dimensions of fluidity of gang membership and geographic mobility across police jurisdictions is increasingly seen as the organizational pattern of emerging gangs, in large part shaped by worldwide patterns of human migration and globalization. While the ... Read more
In contrast to the pattern of long-standing occidental street gangs modelled in the North American paradigm, new-age gangs have appeared as loosely organized, with a high degree of interchangeability of their membership. Associated with this structural fluidity is an equally significant geographic mobility, which paradoxically does not appear to diminish the intensity of personal bonds formed within and between ‘new-age’ gangs. The dimensions of fluidity of gang membership and geographic mobility across police jurisdictions is increasingly seen as the organizational pattern of emerging gangs, in large part shaped by worldwide patterns of human migration and globalization. While the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
54
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Criminology
Number of Pages
54
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461443063
SKU
V9781461443063
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About C. E. Prowse
Dr. Cathy Prowse is a former 25-year police officer with the Calgary Police Service and holds a PhD in anthropology, where her work continues to focus on culturally-influenced aspects of crime. Dr. Prowse is the recipient of local, national, and international recognition for her gang research which, over the course of her policing career and beyond, has been requested and ... Read more
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