Youth in Crisis?: 'Gangs', Territoriality and Violence

by Barry Goldson and Goldson

Book Overview

Few issues attract greater concern and censure than those that surround youth 'gangs'. Paradoxically, youth researchers have conventionally been reluctant to even use the term 'gang' but, more recently, such reluctance has receded. Indeed, it is increasingly claimed that - in particular urban 'territories' - youth gangs are commonplace, some young people are deeply immersed in violence and the carrying and use of weapons (particularly knives and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843927519
• ISBN13: 9781843927518
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"