Thinking Seriously About Gangs Towards a Critical Realist Approach /

• Main Author: Andell, Paul (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Juvenile delinquents.; Critical criminology.; Crime-Sociological aspects.; Transnational crime.; Organized crime.; Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.; Critical Criminology.; Crime and Society.; Transnational Crime.; Organized Crime.

This book examines the current debate about UK street gangs termed the 'UK Gang Thesis' debate. It argues that policy formations in the UK aimed at addressing street gangs preceding and succeeding the English riots of 2011 have encompassed positions of both gang denial and gang blame. The...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Realism, Street Culture and a Border Clash
• 2. Realist Methodology and Motivation
• 3. Policy Denial and New Gang Cities
• 4. Policy Blame: 'Addressing Gangs in Austere Times'
• 5. Drivers and Contingencies of Gang Policy Formulation 1: Gangs Call-ins and Policy Transfer
• 6. Drivers and Contingencies of Gang Policy Formulation 2: 'Bedazzled'-Think Tanks and the Media
• 7. Towards a Critical Realism of Gangs
• 8. Conclusion.