Race, gangs and youth violence : policy, prevention and policing /

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This book challenges current thinking about youth violence and gangs, and their racialisation by the media and the police. It highlights how the street gang label is unfairly linked to Black (and urban) youth street-based lifestyles/cultures and friendship groups.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gunter, Anthony (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2017.
Temas:
Gangs > Great Britain.
Youth and violence > Great Britain.
Violence chez les jeunes > Grande-Bretagne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime.
Youth and violence.
Gangs.
Race relations.
Great Britain > Race relations.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations raciales.
Great Britain.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • RACE, GANGS AND YOUTH VIOLENCE; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Organisation of the book; 1. Global perspectives on urban youth violence; Introduction; Cities, globalisation and slums; Global youth and urban marginalisation; Youth violence and comparative urban contexts; Conclusion; 2. The 2011 English riots; Introduction; A brief biography; Looters, 'mindless people' and judicial abandon; Reading and researching the riots; The 2011 riots in context: race, crime and urban disorder in post-war Britain; The new Asian criminality and more riots; Conclusion.
  • 3. Gangs in the UK?Introduction; Youth subcultural studies; Youth gangs in post-war Britain; Gangs and the UK Academy; Surveying the UK gangs problem; Reluctant gangsters and gang talk; Conclusion; 4. Policing the gang crisis; Introduction; Ending gang violence; Gangs and law enforcement; Race and ethnicity; Criminological taboo; Representations of urban (black) youth cultures; Youth culture and urban music; Concluding implications and the ethnic penalty; 5. Policy, prevention and policing into practice; Introduction; Youth (gangs) and social exclusion; Enough is Enough.
  • Young people's services and austerityConclusion; 6. Road life realities and youth violence; Road life realities I: leisure and pleasure; Road life realities II: risk and danger; Road culture beyond the 'Road'; Low-status (gang-affected) areas; Understanding urban youth violence; Conclusion; 7. Youth, social policy and crime; Introduction; Race, crime and policy transfer; Youth, social policy and New Labour; Gangs matter
  • but do young people?; Risky youth behaviours and violence; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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