Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of interest in the phenomenon of the gang both
in the UK and across Europe. Such concern has been driven forward by growing reports of …

Following the brutal murder of two women in Birmingham in what was styled as a gang
shooting, Britain has been gripped by gang fever. Where the street robber was the folk devil …

This article examines a grossly neglected area of the street gang literature: the nature and
extent of gang organisation. Based upon fieldwork with gangs in London, UK, this article …

This book challenges the widely held conjecture that gangs represent'the new face of youth
crime', repudiating claims which situate the gang at the heart of sexual violence, mass …

This paper draws primarily on research undertaken in the north of England. The research
focused on assessing the current situation in relation to the extent, and nature, of violent …

Street gangs are a major concern for residents in many inner-city communities. However,
gangs' secretive and, at times, delinquent tendencies limit most people's exposure to the …

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 …

This article introduces the special issue on UK gangs and youth violence. Written to coincide
with the launch of the National Centre for Gang Research at the University of West London …

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 …

Presently there is still little known about street gangs in Britain. The British do not perceive
street gangs as part of their “civilized” society, which partly accounts for the lack of coherent …