Description
The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society is the premier reference book on gangs for practitioners, policymakers, students, and scholars. This carefully curated volume contains 43 chapters written by the leading experts in the field, who advance a central theme of "looking back, moving forward" by providing state-of-the-art reviews of the literature they created, shaped, and (re)defined. This international, interdisciplinary collective of authors provides readers with a rare tour of the field in its entirety, expertly navigating thorny debates and the at-times contentious history of gang research, while simultaneously synthesizing flourishing areas of study that advance the field into the 21st century. The volume is divided into six cohesive sections that reflect the diverse field of gang studies and capture the large-scale cultural, economic, political, and social changes occurring within the world of gangs in the last century; anticipating immense changes on the horizon. From definitions to history to theory to epistemology to technology to policy and practice, this unprecedented volume captures the most timely and important topics in the field. From curious outsiders to longstanding insiders, this volume will appeal to anyone with an interest in gangs. The editors assembled a cast of the best scholars shaping how the field thinks about gangs. The content is fresh, timely, and informative, appealing to everyone from the armchair theorist to the federal policymaker. It is truly a one-stop shop for anyone seeking the most up-to-date information on gangs, written by experts who approach the topic from very different disciplinary orientations, methodological approaches, and theoretical perspectives. When readers finish this book, they will be more confident in what we know and do not know about gangs in our society.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to the OUP Handbook of Gangs and SocietyDavid C. Pyrooz, James A. Densley, and John LeversoSection 1: Revisiting Definitions in the 21st Century 2. The Eurogang definition: Context, development, scrutiny, and debate (including a conversation with Malcolm Klein)Frank Weerman and Scott Decker3. What gangs aren't: Contrasting gangs with other collectivesMartin Bouchard, Karine Descormiers, and Alysha Girn4. A relational approach to street gangsAndrew V. Papachristos, John Leverso, and David Hureau5. Gangs in practice: Violence prevention, law enforcement, and the received idea of the "gang" David Kennedy6. The social construction of the American street gangPatrick Lopez-Aguado7. Gang identity across the life courseSou Lee and Bryan F. Bubolz8. Place matters: Geographers and gang membersStefano BlochSection 2: Approaches to the Empirical Study of Gangs 9. The history and evolution of gang scholarship: A topic modeling and change point detection approachJason Gravel10. Funding gang research to advance policy and practicePhelan A. Wyrick, Barbara Tatem Kelley, and Mary Poulin Carlton11. The National Youth Gang Survey: Past, present, and futureMeagan Cahill, James C. Howell, and Arlen Egley Jr.12. Historical gang research methods: An overviewMitchel Roth13. Critical approaches to gangsTilman Schwarze and Alistair Fraser14. Women in gang research: An overviewMarta-Marika Urbanik and Sandra M. Bucerius15. Indigenous gangs and gang research Adrienne Freng and Hannah St. Clair16. Studying gangs in Central and South America: Reflections on gender and researcher positionalityMar?a Jos? M?ndez and Ellen Van Damme17. Gang research in the CaribbeanEdward R. MaguireSection 3: Core and Emerging Issues18. What is gang culture? Three conceptualizations of an elusive conceptCaylin Louis Moore and Forrest Stuart19. Masculinities and respect in the group context of gangs Lorine A. Hughes and Lisa M. Broidy20. Birds of a feather? Individual differences and gang membershipJennifer J. Tostlebe and Jose Antonio Sanchez 21. Rational choice, gang membership, and crime: Moving actors and choice to center stageKyle J. Thomas22. Psychopathology as a cause or consequence of youth gang involvementPatricia K. Kerig, Lucybel Mendez, Ava Alexander, and Susan Chen23. The emerging frontier: Gangs in developing countriesHerbert C. Covey24. Gang ecological diversity in the Hollenbeck area of Los Angeles, 1978-2012P. Jeffrey Brantingham and Matthew ValasikSection 4: Gangs in Institutional Context25. Storming the capital: The place of street capital and social capital within gangsSimon Harding and Ross Deuchar26. On gangs and family: Primary, secondary, and surrogate familyGabriel T. Cesar, D'Andre Walker, and Tiffany Fernandez27. Linking education and criminology research to understand the schooling experiences of gang youth and adultsAdrian H. Huerta28. Religion and gangs: An introduction to the isolated and integrated affiliation modelsTimothy R. Lauger and Haleigh Kubiniec29. Re-examining the literature on social media and gangs: Critical race theory as a path for new opportunitiesCaitlin Elsaesser and Desmond Patton30. Comparative approaches to the study of prison gangs and prison orderDavid Skarbek and Kaitlyn Woltz31. Transnational gangs? Understanding migration and gangsJos? Miguel Cruz and Jonathan D. RosenSection 5: Legacies of Second-Generation Researchers32. The legacy of Scott H. DeckerDavid C. Pyrooz and Richard K. Moule Jr.33. The legacy of Finn-Aage EsbensenDena C. Carson, Adrienne Freng, Chris Melde, and Dana Peterson34. The legacy of John M. HagedornRoberto R. Aspholm35. The legacy of Cheryl L. MaxsonShannon E. Reid36. The legacy of Joan W. MooreJames Diego Vigil37. The legacy of James Diego VigilMike Tapia and E. Mark MorenoSection 6: Responding to Gangs38. Clinical intervention for gang-involved youth: Toward an empirically validated modelPaul Boxer, Joanna Kubik, and Stephanie Marcello39. No public benefit: The Placentia gang injunction opposition campaignSean Garcia-Leys and Jesse Engel40. "Somebody's watching me:" Surveying police surveillance of gangsMatthew Valasik and P. Jeffrey Brantingham41. Policing gangs: Five reasons why traditional strategies failMadeleine Novich42. Defund the police? Considerations for reducing gang violence Anthony A. Braga, John M. MacDonald, and George Tita43. Making sense of the models: Continuities and differences across prominent gang/group gun violence intervention modelsJesse Jannetta, Paige S. Thompson, and Lily Robin
