Gang Identity in the Post-Industrial City
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Köp båda 2 för 1609 krSveinung Sandberg, British Journal of Criminology Urban Legends...can compete with all the classic works. Fraser's book is a fresh start for European street ethnography. We can only hope that more will follow. I recommend it to those interested in Bourdieu, Glasgow, gangs, youth delinquency, post-industrialism, or just anyone interested in a reading a really good ethnography.
John Hagedorn, Department of Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago Urban Legends is a groundbreaking work transcending classic theory and sharply departing from Eurogang positivism. Fraser applies Bourdieus habitus and other concepts to give us new and powerful theoretical tools with which to understand gangs in the global era. The most insightful study of Glasgow gangs ever written.
Professor Tim Newburn and Professor Jill Peay, London School of Economics (from the Foreword) We commend this book as making a significant contribution to the field of criminology, and also to the study of the history and sociology of the city. It is a book to be most warmly welcomed.
Peng Wang, Global Crime The book has profound methodological and theoretical implications to the study of youth gangs in a global context. Understanding gangs from a global and comparative perspective is not an easy task because of the difficulty of data collection, but Alistair Fraser, a young and brilliant criminologist, has made an especially significant contribution to the study.
Professor Barry Goldson, Charles Booth Chair of Social Science, Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, The University of Liverpool. Fraser impressively situates his meticulous ethnographic research within historical and theoretical contexts. Urban Legends makes a profoundly important contribution to the international 'gang' literature. Sociological criminology at its very best.
Dr Alistair Fraser is Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining the University of Hong Kong, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, carrying out a variety of funded research projects on youth violence, community policing, female offending, and oral history. His interests lie particularly in the study of youth crime and justice in a global and comparative context, with specialist expertise in the field of youth gangs.
1. Introduction ; 2. Shifting Definitions ; 3. A Global Sociological Imagination ; 4. City as Lens ; 5. Best Laid Schemes ; 6. Street Habitus ; 7. Redundant Hardmen ; 8. Learning to Leisure ; 9. Generations of Gangs ; 10. Conclusion