The Street Casino: Survival in Violent Street Gangs

ISBN-13: 9781447317173 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 224 str.

Simon Harding

Opis

Gang violence is a continual problem in urban neighborhoods around the world. But most of our understanding of the violence and its causes comes through the lens of policing and crime control, with little attention to the role played by the structure, organization, and social makeup of a gang. "The Street Casino" offers new insight on that front, drawing on an extensive ethnographic study of gang members and community residents in South London. Simon Harding uses this new data to propose a new theoretical perspective on survival in violent street gangs, a constantly fluctuating life built on the accrual of street capital. "

Spis treści

Introduction; Academic Gangland; The Game, the Stakes, the Rules - key concepts; House Rules and Game Strategies; Player, positions and keeping order; Playing the Game – generating and keeping your chips; Staying in the Game – and playing to win; The Game in action – habitus, street capital and territory; Learning the risks of the Game; Surviving the Game; Creating the House Advantage - the role of information; Playing the Queen – gender in the gang; The Wheel of Fortune – the sanctions repertoire; The Street Casino.