The Eurogang Paradox

by Klein, Malcolm W.; Kerner, Hans-Jurgen; Maxson, Cheryl L.; Weitekamp, Elmar G. M.

• ISBN13: 9780792366676
• ISBN10: 0792366670
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The Eurogang Paradox is the first comprehensive collection of original research reports on the status of street gangs and problematic youth groups in Europe, as well as a set of special, state-of-the-art reports on the current status of American street gang research and its implications for the European gang situation. Seven American papers are joined with reports from England, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Russia, Holland, Belgium, France, and Slovenia. Summary chapters by the American and European editors provide overviews of the street gang picture: the associated issues and problems of definition, community context, comparative research procedures, and implications for prevention and intervention. Professionals and students will find these papers easy to comprehend yet fully informative on comparative street gang studies.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
INTRODUCTION TO PART 1	3	(132)
Resolving the Eurogang Paradox	7	(14)
Malcolm W. Klein
The Impact of Organizational Features on Gang Activities and Relationships	21	(20)
Scott Decker
Globalization, Gangs, and Collaborative Research	41	(18)
John M. Hagedorn
Advantages of Longitudinal Research Designs in Studying Gang Behavior	59	(20)
Terence P. Thornberry
Pamela K. Porter
The Proliferation of Gangs in the United States	79	(14)
G. David Curry
Young Gang Members in a School Survey	93	(22)
Finn-Aage Esbensen
Dana Peterson Lynskey
Young Women's Involvement in Gangs in the United States: An Overview	115	(20)
Jody Miller
INTRODUCTION TO PART II	135	(82)
Towards a Problem-Oriented Approach to Youth Groups in The Hague	135	(10)
Paul Gruter
Peter Versteegh
Crips in Orange: Gangs and Groups in The Netherlands	145	(8)
Frank van Gemert
Gangstas or Lager Louts? Working Class Street Gangs in Manchester	153	(12)
Dennis Mares
The Concept of Honor, Conflict and Violent Behavior among Youths in Oslo	165	(10)
Inger-Lise Lien
Street Gangs and Crime Prevention in Copenhagen	175	(6)
Arne Stevns
Patterns of Ethnic Violence in a Frankfurt Street Gang	181	(14)
Hermann Tertilt
Evolution of Delinquent Gangs in Russia	195	(8)
Alexander Salagaev
Youth Gangs in France: A Socio-Ethnographic Approach	203	(6)
Maryse Esterle-Hedibel
Other Gang Situations in Europe	209	(8)
Malcolm W. Klein
INTRODUCTION TO PART III	217	(108)
Group Criminality	221	(10)
Alfred Hakkert
Anton van Wijk
Henk Ferwerda
Ton Eijken
Gang Membership in Bremen and Denver: Comparative Longitudinal Data	231	(16)
David Huizinga
Karl F. Schumann
Groups of Violent Young Males in Germany	247	(10)
Joachim Kersten
Criminal Networks in Stockholm	257	(16)
Jerzy Sarnecki
Tove Pettersson
Gang-Like Groups in Slovenia	273	(10)
Bojan Dekleva
The Group Aspect of Youth Crime and Youth Gangs in Brussels: What We Do Know and Especially What We Don't Know	283	(16)
Conny Vercaigne
A Proposal for Multi-Site Study of European Gangs and Youth Groups	299	(10)
Cheryl L. Maxson
Gangs in Europe: Assessments at the Millennium	309	(16)
Elmar G. M. Weitekamp
PART IV
Bridging the American/European Contexts: Interventions, Communities, Youth Groups, and Moral Panics
Editors	325	(14)
Contributors	339