Table of contents - Special Issue: Reimagining gang research without the police: moving the field forward in the era of “Defund the Police”
Guest Editors: Jason Gravel, Matthew Valasik, Shannon E. Reid
Explaining the directionality of gang violence with court records
Gisela Bichler, Alexis Norris, Citlalik IbarraStudies of gang violence typically use police reports to investigate the structure of gang conflict, but overreliance on a singular data source could impede crime control efforts…
Reflections on the utility of school-based surveys for gang research
Kyle J. Thomas, Terrance J. TaylorThe purpose of this paper is to consider the utility of school-based research for studying gangs and gang members. Police–researcher collaborations have led to considerable…
Social networks and gangs: moving research forward with low-cost data collection opportunities in school and prison settings
Martin BouchardAs useful as police data have been in furthering our knowledge of gangs and gang violence networks, not everything about gang networks can be learned from examining police data…
Corruption, impunity and mistrust: moving beyond police gatekeepers for researching gangs
Ellen Van DammeThis paper aims to discuss the importance of having several entry points into the field, via gatekeepers who do not belong to law enforcement agencies, in contexts where the…
If crime is not the problem, crime fighting is no solution: policing gang violence in the age of abolition
Elke Van Hellemont, James DensleyIn their 1999 classic, Crime is Not the Problem, Zimring and Hawkins changed the way criminologists thought about crime and violence simply by forcing us to distinguish between…
An evaluator’s reflections and lessons learned about gang intervention strategies: an agenda for research
Caterina G. RomanThis paper is designed to critically review and analyze the body of research on a popular gang reduction strategy, implemented widely in the United States and a number of other…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Associate Prof Philip Birch