As the digital divide has narrowed, the internet and social media have become more
accessible to disadvantaged populations, including drug dealers, gang members and street …

The aim of the current study was to understand how gangs have changed in the past 10
years since Pitts'(2008) study in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The study …

Youth gangs have received considerable academic and media attention over the years, with
a heightened interest stimulated in part by the American late-twentieth-century youth …

Recent research on street-involved populations has documented their online presence and
has highlighted the effects of their online presentations on their lives in the real world. Given …

Young street gangs (YSGs) in Scotland are considered recreational youth outfits bound up
in issues of territoriality and protest masculinities. While YSGs occasionally engage in …

Using the Brussels black African gangs as an example, this article aims to prove that gang
members nowadays take advantage of the new possibilities offered by technological …

To examine use of the Internet by gangs and its affect on youth, i-SAFE Inc. collected
information from more than 100,000 students and 137 gang associates from an urban …

This article uses data from interviews with 69 self-described members and associates of
street gangs in London to explore how young people choose their actions and construct …

Gang members carry guns and twitter accounts. Media outlets nationally have reported on a
new phenomenon of gang affiliates using social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and …

Street gangs, by definition, enjoy a special relationship with the street. Prior research shows
that some communities are synonymous with gangs and that turf holds a combination of …