Full Description
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of gangs as a global phenomenon, moving beyond the traditional American-centric perspective. It delves into the study of gangs worldwide as well as factors that aid in prevention and intervention. Compiled by members of the Eurogang Program of Research, this volume presents cutting-edge findings from recent academic studies.
The book is structured into four key areas:
Innovative methodologies for studying gangs.
Factors and behaviors leading to gang membership.
Group dynamics influencing gang behavior.
Community responses to gang violence.
Each section provides a detailed analysis, utilizing diverse research methods and theoretical frameworks. The insights offered in this volume are invaluable for academics, students, and practitioners aiming to understand gangs in varied cultural and social contexts. This volume is an essential resource for those engaged in criminology, sociology, and urban studies, providing a thorough understanding of the complexities of gang behavior and community interactions.
Contents
Chapter 1. The Eurogang Program of Research: A Look to the Past and Future Directions.- Chapter 2. Non-Gang Eurogang Members? Revisiting Eurogang Measurement in a National Sample.- Chapter 3. There and Back Again: How the History, and Evolution of Gangs Impact the Future of the Eurogang Definition.- Chapter 4. Reflexive Metadata in Gangland.- Chapter 5. Hoped-for, Expected, and Feared Selves: Exploring Possible Selves of Youth from Gang- Involved Families.- Chapter 6. Youth Gangs in Southern Italy: An Ecological Perspective.- Chapter 7. Gender differences in gang participation: Results from a multinational sample of youth in the English-speaking Caribbean.- Chapter 8. They are just UK fans who started living what they are rapping instead of rapping what they are living": The multimedial performance of authenticity in (online) Dutch drill culture.- Chapter 9. (Trans)gangs have the Power: Rethinking gangs as agents of mediation.- Chapter 10. Gangs and organized crime in Colombia and Honduras: Boundaries, intersections, and policy.- Chapter 11. The Paradigmatic Change: How the Gang Issue Radically Transformed the Swedish Exception in Criminal Policy.- Chapter 12. Examining the Effectiveness of a Violence Prevention Program on Gang Youth.- Chapter 13. Utilizing the Good Lives Model as a Framework to Guide and Improve Gang Interventions.- Chapter 14. The Alberta Model: Gang Exit Programming and Violence Interruption amid a rapidly changing gang context.
