European Street Gangs and Troublesome Youth Groups
Contributions by Francesca Angelini (University of Genoa, Italy), Paul Bradshaw (Scottish Children's Reporter, Scotland), Yngve Carlsson Norwegian Institute for Urban & Regional Research, Norway), St Louis), Finn Esbensen University of Missouri-St. Louis, Mark S. Fleisher, Case Western Reserve University), Uberto Gatti University of Genoa, Hans-Juergen Kerner (Institute of Criminology, University of Tuebingen, Germany), MalcolmW Klein, Inger-Lise Lien, Gilberto Marengo (Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti, Natalia Melchiorre, Kerstin Reich (University of Tuebingen, Alexander Salagaev Kazan State Technological University, Russia), Marcello Sasso Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti, Alexander Shashkin Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences), Irina Sherbakova Institute of Sociology, Elias Touryanskiy Kazan State Technological University, Frank van Gemert Free University, The Netherlands), Elmar G. M. Weitekamp (Law and Society Institu Edited by Scott H. Decker University of Missouri, Frank M. Weerman
Publication date:
10 November 2005Length of book:
336 pagesPublisher
AltaMira PressDimensions:
234x184mm7x9"
ISBN-13: 9780759107922
Although a well-known phenomenon in the U.S., street gangs and other violent and criminal groups_including racist groups_exist also in European cities and countries, and are of increasing concern in global law enforcement. The eminent contributors to this volume present valuable new data on European youth gangs, describing important characteristics of these groups, and their similarities and differences to American gangs. Their findings from the Eurogang Research Program compare European and American gang interventions, and highlight the impact of immigration and ethnicity, urbanization, national influences, and local neighborhood circumstances on gang development in several European countries. It is an important resource on crime, delinquency and youth development for criminologists, sociologists, youth workers, policy makers, local governments, and law enforcement professionals.
The progress reported in this book is an important next necessary step for the Eurogang research program. Scott Decker and Frank Weerman and their colleagues are to be congratulated for bringing coherence of definitions, research procedures, and substantive findings about street gangs and other troublesome youth groups.