The Gangs of Bangladesh Mastaans, Street Gangs and 'Illicit Child Labourers' in Dhaka /

• Main Author: Atkinson-Sheppard, Sally (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.
• Series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia
• Subjects: Juvenile delinquents.; Criminology.; Law-Asia.; Victimology.; Organized crime.; Violence.; Crime.; Corrections.; Punishment.; Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.; Asian Criminology.; Organized Crime.; Violence and Crime.; Prison and Punishment.

This book presents a study of street children's involvement as workers in Bangladeshi organised crime groups based on a three-year ethnographic study in Dhaka. The book argues that 'mastaans' are Bangladeshi mafia groups that operate in a market for crime, violence and social protecti...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Bangladesh
• 3. Theorising Organised Crime, Gangs and Street Children's Agency
• 4. The Bangladesh Mafia': Mastaans and the Market for Social Protection
• 5. 'Illicit Child Labourers': Exploring Street Children's Involvement in Organised Crime
• 6. Street Children and 'Protective Agency'
• 7. 'Illicit Labour' and Children's Culpability: Implications for Penology and Criminal Justice Responses
• 8. Implications for Research, Policy and Practice
• 9. Sharif
• 10. Conclusion.