Safer Communities: Volume 8 Issue 2

Editorial

John Pitts, Chris Fox

Safer Society

Brainwaves: explaining gang violence

Harry Angel

Girls around gangs

Carlene Firmin

This article considers the roles played and risks faced by girlfriends of gang members in the UK. It argues that if we are to address serious youth violence, both policy and…

The origins and emergence of youth ‘gangs’ in a British inner‐city neighbourhood

Suzella Palmer

This paper explores the changing shape of black youth cultures and youth crime since the 1970s and the emergence of ‘gangs’ in the 21st century, against the backdrop of Britain's…

Neither war nor peace: a review of John Hagedorn's A World of Gangs

John Pitts

In this article John Pitts contrasts John Hegedorn's account of the proliferation of violent youth gangs with those of conventional gang scholars.

Gang‐related violence among young people of the Tamil refugee diaspora in London

Ahalya Balasunderam

The Tamil people, having been stripped of their social and political rights as Sri‐Lankan citizens, have little or no wealth, a lack of educational and employment opportunities…

The X‐It gang desistance programme: an interview with Julia Wolton

John Pitts

The X‐It gang desistance programme began in 2004 in the wake of a spate of fatal, gang‐related shootings in Brixton, South London. The programme is owned and run by the X‐It peer…