The relationship between youth 'gangs' and territory–understood as a monopolistic control
over geographical space, exercised for economic gain–is a longstanding focus of gang …

This updated and expanded new edition continues the theme of the first edition of
emphasizing the substantial growth of street gangs throughout the world. Although a …

Since 2004, the Sage Key Approaches to Criminology series has been publishing books
that bring together distinct disciplines or fields in order to reflect and celebrate criminology's …

In this study we investigate organized crime by studying the degree of criminal organization.
We use population-level register data on criminal suspicions between 2011 and 2016 to …

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 …

In this chapter, we reflect on the utility of the Eurogang definition across a number of
research projects in which it has been employed. We suggest that “street orientation” aspect …

Mentoring has become a popular model of intervention to reduce the risk of offending, and
has been proposed as an effective tool to tackle the risk of gang membership. This paper …

Drawing upon research undertaken by the present author in East, North West and South
London and the work of other UK social scientists, this article considers the evidence …

High profile breaches of data security in government and other organizations are becoming
an increasing concern amongst members of the public. Academic researchers have rarely …

Criminological scholarship on gangs has documented that attempts to take over territory and
drug markets under the control of another gang is a primary motivation of inter-gang …