Exploring Urban Youth Culture Outside of the Gang Paradigm
Critical Questions of Youth, Gender and Race On-Road
Young people ‘on-road’ are often criminalised due to interlocking structural inequalities. Looking beyond concerns about gangs, the book addresses the concerns of practitioners, policy makers and scholars in analysing aspects and misinterpretations of the shifting realities of young people’s urban life.
‘On-road’ is a complex term used by young people to describe street-based subculture and a general way of being. Featuring the voices of young people, this collection explores how race, class and gender dynamics shape this aspect of youth culture.
With young people on-road often becoming criminalised due to interlocking structural inequalities, this book looks beyond concerns about gangs and presents empirical research from scholars and activists who work with and study the social lives of young people. It addresses the concerns of practitioners, policy makers and scholars by analysing aspects and misinterpretations of the shifting realities of young people’s urban life.
Jade Levell is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Gender Violence at the University of Bristol.
Tara Young is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Kent.
Rod Earle is Senior Lecturer in Youth Justice at The Open University.
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