Gangstas or Lager Louts? Working Class Street Gangs in Manchester

Mares, Dennis

doi:10.1007/978-94-010-0882-2_10

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“…They share patterns of age (members are primarily adolescent) they are often exclusively male, and they are often ethnically homogeneous (Klein, Weerman & Thornberry, 2006) -although in the U.K. both street (e.g. Mares, 2001) and prison (e.g. Wood, 2006) gangs tend to form along regional lines.…”

Section: Entitativitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Gang Membership: The Psychological Evidence

Alleyne

Wood

2011

Youth Gangs in International Perspective

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That gangs facilitate increased levels of deviancy in members is a consistent research finding.However, it is not fully clear why this is so. This chapter seeks to explain this effect by examining first the likely impact that group processes have on gang members and second the likely social cognitive effects that gang membership is likely to elicit. It concludes by noting the importance of psychology in gang membership and how psychologists need to develop further research to explain the specifics of gang membership as it impacts on youth.

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Section: Entitativitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Gang Membership: The Psychological Evidence

Alleyne

Wood

2011

Youth Gangs in International Perspective

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“…Dekleva (2001), Gatti et al (2005), Gruter and Versteegh (2001), Lien (2001Lien ( , 2005, Mares (2001), Salagev (2001), Tertilt (2001), Van Gemert and Fleisher (2005), and Weitekamp et al (2005) all reported on differing gang organizational and structure characteristics among gangs across and variety of European countries. Collectively, these studies have shed light on gangs in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Frankfurt, Germany; Genoa, Italy; The Hague, The Netherlands; Morocco, Manchester, Britain; Oslo, Sweden; Russia; and Slovenia.…”

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Gangs, Migration, and Crime: The Changing Landscape in Europe and the USA

Decker

Gemert²,

Pyrooz

2009

Int. Migration & Integration

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The history of gangs is intertwined with migration. In America, a number of classic studies have reported on the possible causal link between immigration, socioeconomic position, social disorganization, and gang formation. More recently in Europe, the impact of migration on gangs reflects a complex mix of factors that also includes cultural and media influences. In addition, there are other contextual factors such as immigration and population movement that have received less attention, yet condition the relationship between structural factors and the formation of gangs. Processes such as immigration, migration, and resettlement have had an important impact on the transmission of gangs on an international, national, and local scale, often enhanced by the impact of immigration. This article examines the relationship between immigration, culture, and gangs and contrasts European and US research.Résumé L'histoire des gangs est entrelacée avec celle de la migration. En Amérique, plusieurs études classiques ont fait état d'un lien causal possible entre l'immigration, la position socio-économique, la désorganisation sociale et la formation de gangs. Plus récemment en Europe, l'impact de la migration sur les gangs reflète un mélange de facteurs, y compris des influences culturelles et médiatiques. De plus, certains facteurs contextuels comme l'immigration et les mouvements de population, qui ont moins fait l'objet d'étude, conditionnent néanmoins le rapport entre des facteurs structurels et la formation de gangs. Des processus comme l'immigration, la migration et le rétablissement ont eu un impact important sur la transmission des gangs à l'échelle internationale, nationale et locale. Cet article étudie le rapport entre l'immigration, la culture et les gangs, et dresse une comparaison entre la recherche européenne et la recherche américaine.

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“…These results are not directly comparable with the OCJS as they differ on survey design and have used different measures of gang membership. 21 Qualitative and archival studies conducted in Manchester have suggested that English gangs tend to be young, ethnically mixed, and mostly male (Mares, 2001;Bullock and Tilley, 2002). Given the very different nature of these studies, again it is difficult to make comparisons with OCJS results.…”

Section: Group Size and Compositionmentioning

confidence: 99%