Summary
Contents
Subject index
This book takes students on a guided tour of the gang phenomenon through history, as well as current representations of gangs in literature and media. It includes: - A detailed global overview of gang culture, covering, amongst others, Glasgow, Chicago, Hong Kong, and Shanghai - A chapter on researching gangs which covers quantitative and qualitative methods - Extra chapter features such as key terms, chapter overviews, study questions and further reading suggestions. Fraser brings together gang-literature and critical perspectives in a refreshingly new way, exploring ‘gangs’ as a social group with a long and fascinating history.
Histories of Gangs
Histories of Gangs
Overview
Chapter 3 provides:
- An introduction and overview of historical approaches to youth gangs, incorporating key studies from the US and UK.
- A revisiting of these classical ideas in light of contemporary trends in society, and corresponding questioning of their continued relevance.
- The construction of an alternative approach to understanding gangs that is called ‘urban genealogy’.
- An application of this approach to empirical research on gangs in four world cities, namely Glasgow, Chicago, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Key Terms
- Childhood
- Delinquency
- Disciplinary power
- Green Gang
- History from above
- History from below
- Honour
- Hooligans
- Ideal child
- Peaky Blinders
- Popular fears
- Triadisation
- Turf
- Urban genealogy
- Young teams
- Youth
Introduction
Groups of young people, particularly men, banding together for criminal purposes have a ...
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