Based on social media content analysis and focus groups with young people, the current
study explores expressive and instrumental uses of the internet among street gangs.'Trap …

Purpose The way in which criminologists understand, contextualise and theorise around the
mediatised world has raised some critical new questions. The purpose of this paper is to …

There have been growing claims in media circles and law-enforcement settings that street
gangs and criminal groups are turning to Internet-based social networking sites for various …

Social media provide novel opportunities for street gangs to operate beyond their traditional
borders to sell drugs, recruit members and control their territory, virtually and physically …

The globalization of street gangs has drawn attention to the mechanisms associated with the
diffusion of gang culture. One mechanism, the Internet, is of growing interest to gang …

There is a lack of research on gang members' online behavior. The present study addresses
this shortcoming by examining how gang members proactively use the Internet. Data were …

This study contributes to an emerging literature both detailing Internet usage among street
gangs and gang members and exploring how street life is presented in underground rap …

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 …

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 …

This article introduces the concept of 'gang glocalization'to capture the processes by which
global media myths and conventions create and shape local gang realities. The different …