As we bear witness to continued protest and debate over the deaths of black youth at the hands of would-be protectors, this book challenges current thinking about serious youth violence, gangs, and their racialization by the media and the police. Written by an expert with more than fourteen years of field experience in London, it brings together ethnographic research, theory, and practice to influence policy. Placing gangs and urban violence in a broader social and political economic context, Anthony Gunter argues that government policy and associated funding for anti-gang work is...
As we bear witness to continued protest and debate over the deaths of black youth at the hands of would-be protectors, this book challenges current th...
Drawing in part on the lived experiences of contributors who have overcome a "street life," Thug Criminology seeks to challenge the traditional scholarship on gangs and their behaviours.
Drawing in part on the lived experiences of contributors who have overcome a "street life," Thug Criminology seeks to challenge the traditional schola...