How Gangs Work: An Ethnography of Youth Violence

Drawing on extensive interviews with gang members, this book provides a vivid portrayal of gang life. Topics include the profiles and motivations of gang members; the processes of gang evolution, organization, and recruitment; gang members' uses of violence, media, and technology and the role of gangs in the drugs trade and organized crime

About the Author:

James A. Densley is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Metropolitan State University, USA, a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Associate Member of the Extra-Legal Governance Institute at the University of Oxford, UK. He received the National Gang Crime Research Center Frederick Milton Thrasher Award for Superior Accomplishments in Gang Research in 2013.