This book provides an account of the emergence, nature and impact of armed youth gangs
in an East London Borough over the last decade. It describes the challenges these armed …

This updated and expanded new edition continues the theme of the first edition of
emphasizing the substantial growth of street gangs throughout the world. Although a …

The history of gangs is intertwined with migration. In America, a number of classic studies
have reported on the possible causal link between immigration, socio-economic position …

While most street gangs are temporary and disorganized, some have institutionalized, and a
number of these show signs of evolving into more serious criminal enterprises, becoming …

Although a lot of research has been conducted on the delinquency of boys who are
members of gangs, only a few quantitative studies have analysed the involvement of girl …

Gang members and their gangs are overwhelmingly male in terms of sex and sex
composition, resulting in gangs being regarded as hypermasculine groups. This chapter …

Perhaps no substantive area in criminology is as closely tied to a methodology as gangs are
to ethnography. The earliest studies of gangs were ethnographic (Puffer 1912; Thrasher …

This paper sets out to compare the existence of Juvenile deviant groups in both France and
Italy and their characteristics. The comparison between Italy (N= 5,236) and France (N= 3 …

The study of gangs in the United States has a long history dating back to the works of Riis,
Puffer, and Thrasher. This chapter compares the United States to Europe, mostly in broad …

Este artículo ofrece reflexiones de carácter criminológico sobre las bandas callejeras y los
grupos relacionados con la criminalidad organizada. En particular, se presta la atención a la …