Background The drug supply model termed 'County Lines' has generated extensive
attention over recent years in the UK. Associated street violence, the involvement of young …

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 …

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 past decade has seen increased reports of street gangs across a range of contexts. In
Europe, anxieties over street‐based youth has led to the development of gang‐specific …

This article seeks to extend studies of social harm by detailing the ways that harm is
interpreted, identified and reflected upon by social actors in a specific empirical context: a …

Names: Brotherton, Graham, editor.| Cronin, Terence Mark, editor. Title: Working with
vulnerable children young people and families/edited by Graham Brotherton and Mark …

The discussion of factors driving young people's involvement in serious violence continues
to be well documented across policy, news media, and academic research. The government …

Despite being recognized as a global public health emergency, there is a lack of evidence-
base supporting the effectiveness of street gang interventions. In particular, street gang …

Gangs are associated with a range of social, criminal, and economic harms. Yet, after almost
a century of dedicated research, the development of effective and ethical responses to such …

This thesis is a qualitative study of young women's involvement with badness in London. It is
based on semi-structured interviews with young women between the ages of eighteen and …