Desistance is generally presented in a positive light, with themes of 'making good'and
generativity recurring in the literature. This article reports on two qualitative studies exploring …

Based on first-hand accounts from Roma communities, Romaphobia is an examination of
the discrimination faced by one of the most persecuted groups in Europe. Well-researched …

How do poverty, youth and crime relate to the concept of being'cool'? Jonathan Ilan presents
a unique, theoretically informed overview of street culture in various parts of the world–its …

The relationship between youth 'gangs' and territory–understood as a monopolistic control
over geographical space, exercised for economic gain–is a longstanding focus of gang …

This paper aims to better understand the relationship between young people's aspirations
towards education and jobs, and the context in which they are formed, especially to …

With attention rapidly growing on the Good Lives Model (GLM) as a rehabilitation framework
for offending behavior, this paper is the first to review the literature surrounding the GLM and …

This paper investigates what people mean when they engage in the discourse of
denigration. Building on existing literature on territorial stigmatisation that either focuses on …

Since 2004, the Sage Key Approaches to Criminology series has been publishing books
that bring together distinct disciplines or fields in order to reflect and celebrate criminology's …

Building on the growing discursive approach to people–place relations, we examine how
young people negotiate people–place tensions and relations, and how they establish their …

Street youth have been part of South Africa's cities since the 1980s, maintaining a visible
and mobile presence. Contemporary adaptations to urban governance strategies in Cape …