... 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Early intervention Prevention Gangs County lines Organised crime groups Vulnerability This paper describes the process related to an intervention, which aimed to identify young...

... particular barriers for many individuals of Latin American and/or African descent facing deportation proceedings in US immigration courts, particularly in assertions regarding gang affiliation. Design/methodology/approach This research is based on ethnographic observation. The work utilized a grounded...

...Robert Francis Hesketh; Grace Robinson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to attempt to disseminate street gang research by Hesketh (2018) that has identified young people’s perceptions between employment and criminality in areas of Merseyside becoming blurred. In particular, disenfranchised...

...Paul Andell Purpose County lines involving the exploitation of vulnerable children and young people by gangs have been described as a bigger threat than the exploitation exposed by the Rotherham scandal (The Times, 27 November 2017). The purpose of this paper is to explain...

...John Pitts Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider what the author might call the evolution of the evolutionary argument about gangs and, while acknowledging its explanatory power, suggests that gangs may develop in very different ways depending on the available opportunities, pre...

... of social media are utilised by gang members. Gang research in the main is predicated on the notion that gangs are deviant products of social disorganisation; however, there is little written on the “specific” forms of expression used by those associated with gangs. Design/methodology/approach...

... and reflecting upon youth; criminality and religiosity. Much of the current research relating to Black men and offending is limited to masculinity, father absence, gangs and criminality. The role of religiosity in the lives of offenders and/or ex-offenders is often overlooked. The authors suggest that identity...

...Hannah Smithson; Rob Ralphs Purpose – At a time when youth gangs and gang policy feature significantly in the discourse on UK youth, it is judicious to critique the framework and evidence upon which these policy developments have originated. The political focus on gangs was heightened, in part...

... to inform debate and policy making. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on empirical data collected in 2008, in the form of life‐history interviews with male youths – including members and non‐members of gangs – from two poor and very violent neighbourhoods in Medellín, Colombia's second largest...

... gangs, and the social impact of these dogs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Gangs Dog fighting Dangerous dogs RSPCA Territoriality POLICY @3TATUS DOGS and gangs Abstract In the light of the recent rapid growth in the ownership of status dogs in the UK, and drawing upon...

...Harry Angel © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Brain science Kids Company WAVE Trust Youth violence Gangs EF?D?ED Brainwaves: explaining gang violence Key words Brain science; Kids Company; WAVE Trust; youth violence; gangs. HARRY ANGEL Freelance Writer and Researcher...

..., some young Tamils create an internecine subculture on the streets of London, designed to achieve respect and status by using violence as a social currency. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Tamil Refugee Internecine violence Gangs Social exclusion Xenophobia H;I;7H9> Abstract...

...John Pitts This article examines research on the socio‐economic changes that have generated new offending patterns in the United States and a proliferation of the ‘gang’ phenomenon in that country. Evidence is presented that there have been analogous socioeconomic changes in the UK and these may...