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...
Gang violence is a continual problem in urban neighborhoods around the world. But most of our understanding of the violence and its causes comes throu...
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...
Gang violence is a continual problem in urban neighborhoods around the world. But most of our understanding of the violence and its causes comes throu...
Drawing on evidence from both sides of the Atlantic, Simon Harding explores the culture of the status dog inUnleashed. In housing projects in the United States and United Kingdom, certain dog breeds convey status authority, respect, power, and control on their owners, while urban street gangs have developed the dangerous practice of training dogs to be weapons. Combining perspectives from sociology, criminology, and public policy, Harding contextualizes these related phenomena and considers the complex mix of factors motivating them, including urban deprivation, social control of...
Drawing on evidence from both sides of the Atlantic, Simon Harding explores the culture of the status dog inUnleashed. In housing projects i...
