Putting the 'Street' in Gang: Place and Space in the Organization of Scotland's Drug-Selling Gangs. (5th September 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Putting the 'Street' in Gang: Place and Space in the Organization of Scotland's Drug-Selling Gangs. (5th September 2018)
- Main Title:
- Putting the 'Street' in Gang: Place and Space in the Organization of Scotland's Drug-Selling Gangs
- Authors:
- McLean, Robert
Deuchar, Ross
Harding, Simon
Densley, James - Abstract:
- Abstract: Street gangs, by definition, enjoy a special relationship with the street. Prior research shows that some communities are synonymous with gangs and that turf holds a combination of expressive and instrumental value for gang members. As gangs evolve over time and through different levels of organization, however, gangs' relationship with the street changes. This shifting street dynamic is underexplored in prior research, thus, drawing on qualitative data from Scotland and Bourdieu's theory of social field, the current study presents three cases of gangs at different stages of evolution and examines how levels of gang organization affect spatial relationships. As gangs accumulate sufficient street capital to evolve, we find territory is defined less physically and more relationally, with implications for gang research and practice.
- Is Part Of:
- British journal of criminology. Volume 59:Number 2(2019)
- Journal:
- British journal of criminology
- Issue:
- Volume 59:Number 2(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 59, Issue 2 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 59
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0059-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 396
- Page End:
- 415
- Publication Date:
- 2018-09-05
- Subjects:
- street gangs -- neighbourhoods -- territoriality -- organized crime -- Scotland
Criminology -- Periodicals
Crime -- Periodicals
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Periodicals
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http://firstsearch.oclc.org ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/bjc/azy015 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0007-0955
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