ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF CRITICAL GANG STUDIES

<p><em>Routledge International Handbook of Critical Gang Studies</em> is rooted in the instability, inequality and liquidity of the post-industrial era. It understands the gang as a complex and contradictory phenomenon; a socio-historical agent that reflects, responds to and creates a certain structured environment in spaces which are always in flux. International in scope and drawing on a range of sociological, criminological and anthropological traditions, it looks beyond pathological, ahistorical and non-transformative approaches, and considers other important factors that produce the phenomenon, whether the historically entrenched racialized power structure and segregation in Chicago; the unconstrained state-abandoned development of favelas in Brazil; or the colonization, displacement and dependency of people in Central America. This handbook reflects and defines the new theoretical and empirical traditions of critical gang studies. It offers a variety of perspectives, including:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>A view of gangs that takes into consideration the global context and appearance of the "gang" in its various forms and stages of development;</li> <p> </p> <li>An appreciation of the gang as a socio-cultural formation;</li> <p> </p> <li>A race-ethnic and class analysis of the gang that problematizes domain assumptions such as the "underclass";</li> <p> </p> <li>Gender variations of the gang phenomenon with a particular emphasis on their intersectional properties;</li> <p> </p> <li>Relations between gangs and the political economy that address the dominant mode of production and exchange;</li> <p> </p> <li>Treatments that demonstrate the historically contingent nature of gangs and their changes across time;</li> <p> </p> <li>The contradictory impact of gang repressive policies, institutions and practices as part of a broader discussion on the nature of the state in specific societies; and</li> <p> </p> <li>Critical methodologies on gangs that involve discussions of visual and textual representations and the problematics of data collection and analysis. </li> </ul><p>Authoritative, multi-disciplinary and international, this book will be of interest to criminologists, sociologists and anthropologists alike, particularly those engaged with critical criminology/sociology, youth crime, delinquency and global social inequality. The <em>Handbook</em> will also be of interest to policy makers and those in the peacebuilding field. </p> <p>Critical Theories of the Gang 1.<b>Utilizing Southern Criminology in the Global North: Applying Southern Criminology to Over-standings of English Gang Research</b> 2.<b>States of Emergency: Gangs, Benjamin, and the Challenge to Modern Sovereignty 3.The Birmingham School and Critical Gang Studies</b> 4.<b>The Gang as Secret Society</b> 5.<b>On Being Affected: Love, Law & Submission Among Gangsters</b> 6.<b>The Catholic Church and the Gangs: Toward a Liberationist Critique of Gang Violence</b> 7.<b>Gangs, space and the state: bringing Henri Lefebvre’s spatial theory to critical gang studies </b>Critical Methodologies 8.<b>Cultural Criminology and Gangs: Street Elitism and Politics in Late Modernity</b> 9.<b>Interviewing Gang Members: A Note on Research Design</b> 10.<b>New Standards for Social Practice Ethics? Researching Processes of Gang Exit with Former Gang Members</b> 11.<b>Filming (With) Gangs: An Essay on Visual Sociology in Barcelona</b> 12.<b>Why Gang Members are Dehumanized in Court</b> 13.<b>Gang Narratives and Race-Based Policing and Prosecution in New York City</b> Policies and Repressive Models 14.<b>Securitization and the Transnational Governing of Central American Gangs</b> 15.<b>Gangs and the Garrison State: (In)Security Politics and Democracy in Latin America</b> 16.<b>Misguided Strategy: New York City’s Decision to Criminalize Gangs</b> 17.<b>Off the Books and Off the Blocks:The Dual Economic Marginalization of Black Gang Members in Chicago</b> 18.<b>Responding to Exclusion in Hartford and the Evolution of a Gang</b> Global Case Studies 19.<b>The War on Gangs and Gangsters: The Latino/a Experience with Settler Colonialism</b> 20.<b>Indigenous Gangs in Western Canada</b> 21.<b>Transnationalism and Postnational Identities: The three lives of a Latin King</b> 22.<b>Race and Youth Gangs in France: Denial, Ambiguity, and Recognition</b> 23.<b>Performing ‘gang-ness’: the transformative "realness" of gang violence in the Netherlands 24.Stuck in Between: A Former Marero in the "European Capital" of Salvadoran Gangs</b> 25.<b>A Genealogy of Gangs in Hong Kong</b> 26.<b>Reimagining the Landscape of Gangs: Reflections from Bangladesh and China</b> 27.<b>Russian street gangs, their social construction and political use-value</b> 28.<b>The Fourth Corner of the Triangle: Gang transnationalism, fragmentation and evolution in Belize City</b> 29.<b>Gang governance in the Tropics: The political economy of violence and social order in contemporary Nicaragua</b> 30.<b>Understanding the dynamics and functions of gang violence: The case of El Salvador</b> 31.<b>The making of Central America’s Street Gangs</b> 32.<b>A Critical Criminology of Gangs and Organized Crime in Brazil</b> 33.<b>The Legalization of The Latin Kings in Ecuador: The Two Hands of The State, From the Production of Marginalization to Policies of Inclusion</b> 34.<b>Peace Processes in Ecuador</b> 35.<b>Gangs in the Post Chávez Bolivarian Revolution: How Mano Dura Policies and Political Pacts have Organized Crime in Venezuela</b> 36.<b>Gangs in Kenya: Work, Manhood and Security</b> Culture and the Gang 37.<b>Identity and Collective Resistance Among the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (New York)</b> <b>38."They Treat Us Like Criminals in Front of our Kids": Gang-Affiliated Chicanas and Trails of Violence in the Barrio</b> 39.<b>"The city got my back so the city on my back": Prisoner's Negation of the States’ Claims of Prisoner’s Humanity</b> 40.<b>Performance Narratives of Gang Identity and Membership</b> 41.<b>California Placaso: The Social Construction of Chicanx Gang Graffiti 42."Gangbangers are Gangbangers, Hustlers are Hustlers": The Rap Game, Social Media, and Gang Violence in Toronto</b> Contexts and Spaces 43.<b>Prison Gangs in the Northern Triangle: The Critical Contribution of Prison Studies to the Theory of Gangs</b> 44.<b>Doxa is Dangerous: How Academic Doxa Inhibits Prison Gang Research</b> 45.<b>Prison Gangs: Rise, Resistance and Reentry</b> 46.<b>A Legacy of Mapping Gang Neighborhoods in LA</b> Critical Appraisals of Major Figures in Gang Research 47.<b>Dwight Conquergood: An Appreciation of his Intellectual Life and Contribution to Critical Gang Studies</b> 48.<b>The Legacy of Joan Moore: A Revolution in Gang Research 49.The Legacy of James Diego Vigil: Rebelde Con Causa</b></p>