Gangs in the Era of Internet and Social Media. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Chris Melde, Frank Weerman.
• Editors: Melde, Chris; Weerman, Frank
• Contents: Assessing Traditional and Non-traditional Data Collection Methods to Study Online Phenomena -- Ethical and Methodological Issues in Gang Ethnography in the Digital Age: Lessons from Four Studies in an Emerging Field -- Researching Transnational Gangs as Agents of Mediationin the Digital Era -- Women and gangs in the digital media: a distorted image? -- The Role of Online Communication Among Gang and Non-Gang Youth -- Examining the Physical Manifestation of Alt-Right Gangs: From Online Trolling to Street Fighting -- Youth Perspectives on Gangs, Violence, and Social Media in a High Crime City -- Leaving gangs -- failed brotherhood and reconstructed masculinities -- Anger with love. How professionals get through to high-risk youth in troublesome groups -- New meanings, new communities and new identities? Former biker gang members involved in public sharing of life experiences -- The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Disengagement from Gangs -- Misconduct among Incarcerated Gang and Non-Gang Youth: the Role of Structured and Unstructured Activities -- Understanding Adverse Effects in Gang-Focused Interventions: A Critical Review -- Moral Disengagement and Gangs.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing Imprint: Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.36; Juvenile delinquents; Social media; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030472146; 3030472140
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