Scholars argue that racial oppression uniquely causes Black males to construct a definition
of their masculinity—the “Cool Pose”—that is different from White male masculinity. In this …

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. It is increasingly recognized
that ethnonational frameworks are inadequate when examining the complexity of social life …

The hope of finding a community, a brotherhood, is a key reason for why one joins a gang,
together with the longing for personal achievement, success, and respect. For most gang …

In Glasgow, street gangs have existed for decades, with knife crime becoming a defining
feature. More than a decade on from Deuchar's original fieldwork, this book explores the …

This book describes how young Black men on a disadvantaged housing estate in London
navigate the estate's expectations for their behaviour as they operate within a street code …

GANGS, gang crime, and violence are male-dominated phenomena. Every major data
source, including official records, self-reports, and field observations, confirms this pattern …

Seaview School is an old brick building nestled in the quiet, hilly suburbs of Brighton &
Hove, on the south coast of England. 1 The grey-blue English Channel can be seen in the …

Within the last decade, a small but growing field of qualitative research has suggested that
masculinity changes are helpful for gang disengagement. There are several gaps in this …

Easterhouse in Glasgow is amongst the most persistently deprived housing estates in
Europe. During the 1980s it saw a threefold increase in lone-mother households and their …

”Har man levt en kriminell livsstil är det lika svårt att avprogrammeras från det som att
avprogrammeras från ett missbruk Page 1 ”Har man levt en kriminell livsstil är det lika svårt att …