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Article
Becoming a Gang Member: Youth Life and Gang Youth
Author(s)
Sven Mørch, Helle Andersen
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2012.09.002
Affiliation(s)
Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
ABSTRACT
The
purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for understanding the growth in
youth gangs and gang behaviour. The paper builds on a youth theory perspective
and describes how the social conditions work with or are against the young
individual in such a way that gangs seem to be an option or an answer for some
young people when faced with today’s youth life situation. In this study, it
focuses on the development of social vs. societal gangs, and on the late modern challenges of individualised social
responsibility and the use of social relations in managing individualisation
problems.
KEYWORDS
youth research, youth gangs, gang behaviour, individualisation
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