This is a comprehensive and engaging examination of gangs and crime. Drawing on a range of critical perspectives, this book enhances the existing gang literature by exploring the development of gangs in the UK context. It does a great job of consolidating existing literature and theoretical perspectives in a critical and well written manner, which is both easy to access and compelling. This is a ′must add′ textbook for criminology and youth justice undergraduate reading lists.

• Chapter One: DefiningChapter Two: Researching GangsChapter Three: Histories of GangsChapter Four: Conceptualising GangsChapter Five: Social Harm PerspectivesChapter Six: Feminist PerspectivesChapter Seven: Cultural PerspectivesChapter Eight: Gangs and GlobalisationChapter Nine: Decentring the World of GangsChapter Ten: Responding to the Global GangChapter Eleven: Conclusion: Beyond the Gang?

This is a comprehensive and engaging examination of gangs and crime. Drawing on a range of critical perspectives, this book enhances the existing gang literature by exploring the development of gangs in the UK context. It does a great job of consolidating existing literature and theoretical perspectives in a critical and well written manner, which is both easy to access and compelling. This is a ′must add′ textbook for criminology and youth justice undergraduate reading lists.

• Chapter One: DefiningChapter Two: Researching GangsChapter Three: Histories of GangsChapter Four: Conceptualising GangsChapter Five: Social Harm PerspectivesChapter Six: Feminist PerspectivesChapter Seven: Cultural PerspectivesChapter Eight: Gangs and GlobalisationChapter Nine: Decentring the World of GangsChapter Ten: Responding to the Global GangChapter Eleven: Conclusion: Beyond the Gang?

This is a comprehensive and engaging examination of gangs and crime. Drawing on a range of critical perspectives, this book enhances the existing gang literature by exploring the development of gangs in the UK context. It does a great job of consolidating existing literature and theoretical perspectives in a critical and well written manner, which is both easy to access and compelling. This is a ′must add′ textbook for criminology and youth justice undergraduate reading lists.

• Chapter One: DefiningChapter Two: Researching GangsChapter Three: Histories of GangsChapter Four: Conceptualising GangsChapter Five: Social Harm PerspectivesChapter Six: Feminist PerspectivesChapter Seven: Cultural PerspectivesChapter Eight: Gangs and GlobalisationChapter Nine: Decentring the World of GangsChapter Ten: Responding to the Global GangChapter Eleven: Conclusion: Beyond the Gang?