Thinking Seriously About Gangs Towards a Critical Realist Approach /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Andell, Paul (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:	XXXIII, 255 p. 1 illus. text
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:	1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:	Juvenile delinquents. Critical criminology. Crime > Sociological aspects. Transnational crime. Organized crime. Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice. Critical Criminology. Crime and Society. Transnational Crime. Organized Crime.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12891-3
Format:	Electronic Book

Table of Contents:

1. Realism, Street Culture and a Border Clash
2. Realist Methodology and Motivation
3. Policy Denial and New Gang Cities
4. Policy Blame: ‘Addressing Gangs in Austere Times’
5. Drivers and Contingencies of Gang Policy Formulation 1: Gangs Call-ins and Policy Transfer
6. Drivers and Contingencies of Gang Policy Formulation 2: ‘Bedazzled’-Think Tanks and the Media
7. Towards a Critical Realism of Gangs
8. Conclusion.

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