How Gangs Work: An Ethnography of Youth Violence

by James Densley

Book Overview

In the wake of the 2011 UK riots and the British government's new American-style 'war on gangs', this book is the definitive account of 'how gangs work'. Based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork with gangs and drawing on a variety of sources, How Gangs Work provides a vivid portrayal of gang life, but not as the British traditionally know it.

The book deconstructs the mythology of gangs to make sense of the profiles and motivations of gang...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137271507
• ISBN13: 9781137271501
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"