Young Thugs

By Donald Peart

National Bestseller and Finalist for the Donner Prize Politicians and the media may claim that youth gangs are an American export, but the truth, says youth-gang expert Michael C. Chettleburgh, is that Canada has been cultivating its own homegrown gang culture for years. And gang culture isn't relegated to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver--it's also in Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Halifax and Hobbema, Alberta. It includes not only poor black kids but privileged white youth, First N ations and Southeast Asian teens in large and small communities across Canada. In a powerful narrative driven by chilling real-life stories of gang members, victims, families and police--and anchored by rigorous research and thoughtful commentary--Chettleburgh creates a touchstone guide that acts as a wake-up call for Canadians.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0002156881
• ISBN13: 9780002156882
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

An important book either side of the border

Chettleburgh brings a view and a proposed set of approaches to the issue of young people and gangs that can be described as "outside the box" on an intelligent and forward looking level. Many American readers will be grossly unfamiliar with the many and severe problems facing Canada on the subject of gangs. But the author here is bold in the sense of stating and explaining the importance of combining those often disconnected...