Gangs

Gangs
ISBN-10
1351157787
ISBN-13
9781351157780
Series
Gangs
Category
Social Science
Pages
579
Language
English
Published
2017-11-30
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Jacqueline Schneider

Description

The task of researching gangs is fraught with difficulties, central to which are issues of definition and reliance on certain forms of data for analyses. These methodological issues have been acknowledged as limitations in most of the existing research, but they have not been explored as being potentially serious flaws contributing to the proliferation of myth, or as aggravating factors that exacerbate what is essentially a relatively uncomplicated social process. Also unclear from existing studies is the extent to which suppositions about gangs feed moral panics or contribute to the misidentification or over-specification of a problem. This captivating volume focuses on gangs, their formation, identity and behaviour with a view to developing a preventive strategy.

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