Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Gangs, Drugs and Youth Adversity: Continuity and Change
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Part I Gangs, Violence and Gang Evolution: History, Context and Methods
- 1 Introduction: Gangs and Violence in the UK
- Setting the stage: the context and contribution
- Eurogang and the emergence of gang studies in Europe
- The great UK gang debate
- Moving beyond the UK gang debate, gang evolution and organised crime
- An epidemic of knife crime and the 'Glasgow' model
- Overview of the book's contents
- 2 Violence and Gang Evolution: Scottish Perspectives
- Violent crime rates in Glasgow and wider Scotland
- Weapon-carrying, signals and triggers
- Gangs and the challenges of marginalised youth
- Moving on: evolving gang culture
- Research methods
- Sampling, participants and data collection
- Geographical areas and socio-economic profiles
- Ethical issues and data analysis
- Chapter summary
- Part II Continuity and Change in the West of Scotland: Empirical Insights
- 3 Transitional Journeys and Contemporary Adversity: Practitioner Insights
- A public health approach to violence prevention
- Practitioner perspectives on gangs, violence and prevention
- Diminishing gang violence and lingering issues
- The SVRU, public health approach and social inclusion
- Education, youth work, empowerment and inclusion
- Poverty, inequality and an emerging 'perfect storm'
- Chapter summary
- 4 Moving In, Moving Up and Moving On
- Adults' reflections on gangs, turning points and contemporary challenges
- Moving in and moving up: ACEs, gangs and organised crime
- Moving on: turning points and the impact of interventions
- The schemes 'moving on': continuing and wider issues
- Chapter summary
- 5 Gang Organisation, Drug Markets and Supply Among Youth
- The gang is dead, long live the gang
- Lived experiences of drug consumption, supply and organised crime
- The normalisation of drugs
- Drug supply and gang affiliations
- 'County Lines', travelling dealers and wholesale collecting
- Chapter summary
- 6 Diverse Contemporary Youth Influences and Challenges
- Introduction
- Young people's wider lived experiences and contemporary challenges
- Lingering territorial boundaries, violence and knife-carrying
- Football bigotry, marching and nuanced perceptions about sectarianism
- Mental health and the amalgam of social media influences
- Chapter summary
- Part III Conclusion
- 7 Framing and Re-Framing the Experiences of Youth in Disadvantaged Scottish Communities
- Orientation, context and backdrop
- The empirical focus (Glasgow and the west of Scotland)
- Contemporary gains and remaining challenges: practitioner perspectives
- Continuity and change: the views of adults and former offenders
- Drug worlds: teenage and youth perceptions
- Young people's wider 'lived experience'
