Includes bibliographical references and index.

Forensic perspectives on youth gang involvement in juvenile fire setting and bomb making weapons cases / Ronn Johnson, University of San Diego, USA -- A violent youth gang : perception and reality / Ehor Orest Boyanowsky, Simon Fraser University, Canada -- Sticks and stones : when the words of hatred become weapons : a social psychological perspective / Robin Maria Valeri, St. Bonaventure University, USA -- The pitbull in the habitus of the street gang / Simon Keiller Harding, Middlesex University London, UK -- It's a vicious game : youth gangs, street violence and OC in modern Britain / Dev Rup Maitra, University of Cambridge, UK -- An exploratory study of prison gangs in contemporary British society / Dev Rup Maitra, University of Cambridge, UK -- Surviving the streets of Makeevka / Andrej Naterer, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Slovenia -- Cape Town gangs - the other side of paradise / Don Pinnock, University of Cape Town, South Africa -- Gender dynamics of violent acts among gang affiliated young adult Mexican American men / Kathryn M Nowonty, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA; Qianwei Zhao, University of Southern California, USA; Charles D Kaplan, University of Southern California; Alice Cepeda, University of Southern California -- In hand, out of hand weapons and violence culture in large Latino gangs / Ami C. Carpenter, University of San Diego, USA -- Gangs in Asia / Guifen Zhao, Chinese University, China; Sukdeo Ingale, DES's Navalmal Firodia Law College, India; Marek Palasinski, Liverpool John Moores, UK, Lening Zhang, Saint Francis University, USA, Claire Hanlon, University of Manchester, UK -- Youth gangs and youth violence in Australia / Rob White, University of Tasmania, Australia -- The reorganisation of gangs in New Zealand / Jarrod Gilbert, University of Canterbury, New Zealand -- Youth gang exit - a Canadian perspective / Laura Dunbar, University of Ottawa, Canada.

This book reconsiders the traditional understandings of youth violence in various forms, such as gang activities, criminal behavior, and weapons use. It focuses on the psychosocial elements of violence among children, teenagers, and young adults.

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