In Rio de JaneiroÕs favelas, traffickers assert power through conspicuous displays of wealth
and force, brandishing high-powered guns, gold jewelry, and piles of cash and narcotics …

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 …

For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in cities, the result of a
rapid process of urbanization that started in the second half of the twentieth …

In this article, I argue that the security and development nexus takes on specific forms
depending on the context, and that in Cape Town's coloured townships it is embodied in …

This article analyses the large-scale popular urban uprisings that shook Mozambican cities
on 1 and 2 September 2010, following the government's announcement of successive rises …

One misconception in gang research is the assumption that prison gangs and street gangs
are organizationally and ideologically synonymous. Although in the minority, some …

Every year around three-quarters of a million people die (directly or indirectly) as a result of
gun violence, with most deaths occurring in the poorest, yet also most highly weaponized …

As processes and patterns of organized violence across different contexts continue to take
new and complex turns, this paper takes stock of some of the most important trends to …

This article examines the ways that 21 girl gangsters perform violent street culture in Cape
Town, South Africa. It examines their participation in the city's township gangs, with a …

This article explores how and to what extent collaborative ethnographic fieldwork enables
comparison both inherently and in practical terms. More often than not, ethnographic …