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.
Defining Gangs
Defining Gangs
Defining Gangs
Overview
Chapter 1 provides:
- An overview of the development of gang research, from the work of Frederic Thrasher and the Chicago School to contemporary research.
- An outline of some of the different approaches to the study of gangs, covering constructionist, realist and critical approaches.
- A critical overview of contemporary debates and faultlines in gang research, with attention to tensions between ‘global’ and ‘local’ approaches to gangs.
- A summary of the content of the remaining chapters, including discussion of some of the central themes that will be explored.
Key Terms
- Chicago School
- Constructionism
- Criminalisation
- Critical criminology
- Deviance
- Ecological approach
- Frederic Thrasher
- Globalisation
- Inequality
- Peer-group
- Politics
- Power
- Realism
- Social control
- Social pathology
- Social problems
- Subcultures
- Urbanisation
Introduction
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