Race, Gangs and Youth Violence : : Policy, Prevention and Policing / / Anthony Gunter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Gunter, Anthony,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

This book aims to challenge current thinking about serious youth violence and gangs, and their racialisation by the media and the police. Written by an expert with over 14 years’ experience in the field, it brings together research, theory and practice to influence policy. Placing gangs and urban violence in a broader social and political economic context, it argues that government-led policy and associated funding for anti-gangs work is counter-productive. It highlights how the street gang label is unfairly linked by both the news-media and police to black (and urban) youth street-based lifestyles/cultures and friendship groups, leading to the further criminalisation of innocent black youth via police targeting. The book is primarily aimed at practitioners, policy makers, academics as well as those community-minded individuals concerned about youth violence and social justice.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Global perspectives on urban youth violence -- The 2011 English riots -- Gangs in the UK? -- Policing the gang crisis -- Policy, prevention and policing into practice -- Road life realities and youth violence -- Youth, social policy and crime -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index