RACE, GANGS AND YOUTH VIOLENCE

Contents

Acknowledgements

Glossary

Introduction

Organisation of the book

1. Global perspectives on urban youth violence

Introduction

Cities, globalisation and slums

Global youth and urban marginalisation

Youth violence and comparative urban contexts

Conclusion

2. The 2011 English riots

Introduction

A brief biography

Looters, ‘mindless people’ and judicial abandon

Reading and researching the riots

The 2011 riots in context: race, crime and urban disorder in post-war Britain

The new Asian criminality and more riots

Conclusion

3. Gangs in the UK?

Introduction

Youth subcultural studies

Youth gangs in post-war Britain

Gangs and the UK Academy

Surveying the UK gangs problem

Reluctant gangsters and gang talk

Conclusion

4. Policing the gang crisis

Introduction

Ending gang violence

Gangs and law enforcement

Race and ethnicity

Criminological taboo

Representations of urban (black) youth cultures

Youth culture and urban music

Concluding implications and the ethnic penalty

5. Policy, prevention and policing into practice

Introduction

Youth (gangs) and social exclusion

Enough is Enough

Young people’s services and austerity

Conclusion

6. Road life realities and youth violence

Road life realities I: leisure and pleasure

Road life realities II: risk and danger

Road culture beyond the ‘Road’

Low-status (gang-affected) areas

Understanding urban youth violence

Conclusion

7.Youth, social policy and crime

Introduction

Race, crime and policy transfer

Youth, social policy and New Labour

Gangs matter – but do young people?

Risky youth behaviours and violence

Conclusion

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index