Description:
This volume provides a rare look into youth gangs on a global scale. Topics include definition and measurement issues, group processes of gangs, and gang research in a number of European countries.
Review Quotes:
From the reviews:
"This book will be of interest to scholars who are pursuing a broader understanding of gangs around the world. ... The present volume features studies of group processes while also addressing definitional issues and research methods. ... this book is further testimony to the excellent contributions they are making toward understanding gangs around the world ... . The plethoras of insights the assembled scholars provide are of enormous value in the ever-growing gang literature." (James C. Howell, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, July, 2012)