Safer Communities: Volume 8 Issue 2
Strapline:
A journal on crime, crime prevention and community safetyTable of contents
Girls around gangs
Carlene FirminThis article considers the roles played and risks faced by girlfriends of gang members in the UK. It argues that if we are to address serious youth violence, both policy and…
The origins and emergence of youth ‘gangs’ in a British inner‐city neighbourhood
Suzella PalmerThis paper explores the changing shape of black youth cultures and youth crime since the 1970s and the emergence of ‘gangs’ in the 21st century, against the backdrop of Britain's…
Neither war nor peace: a review of John Hagedorn's A World of Gangs
John PittsIn this article John Pitts contrasts John Hegedorn's account of the proliferation of violent youth gangs with those of conventional gang scholars.
Gang‐related violence among young people of the Tamil refugee diaspora in London
Ahalya BalasunderamThe Tamil people, having been stripped of their social and political rights as Sri‐Lankan citizens, have little or no wealth, a lack of educational and employment opportunities…
The X‐It gang desistance programme: an interview with Julia Wolton
John PittsThe X‐It gang desistance programme began in 2004 in the wake of a spate of fatal, gang‐related shootings in Brixton, South London. The programme is owned and run by the X‐It peer…
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1757-8043Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Timi Osidipe