Thinking seriously about gangs : towards a critical realist approach / Paul Andell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andell, Paul, author.

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gangs.

Great Britain.

Gangs--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 255 pages : illustration ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Suffolk, UK : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Summary:

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--back cover.

Contents:

1. Realism, Street Culture, Neighbourhood and a Border Clash?

2. The UK Gangs Thesis Debate: Towards a Critical Realism of Gangs

3. Towards a Critical Realist Methodology

4. Policy Denial of New Gang Cities

5. Policy Blame in Austere Times

6. Gang Call-Ins and Policy Transfer

7. Bedazzled, Think Tanks, and Mass Media

8. Changes in UK Crack and Heroin Markets and Challenges to the Ways We Think About Them

9. Conclusions and General Principles of a Critical Realist Approach to Gangs

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9783030128906

3030128903

OCLC:

1104041033