“Streets of menace”: Constructing and deconstructing youth “gangs” in two Australian cities
This paper explores the symbolic and instrumental impacts associated with labelling particular groups of young people as perpetrators of organised gang activity. Using case studies from two Australian cities, we point primarily to the constitutive and damaging nature of much media and public discour...
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| Language: | English |
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Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
2021-10-01
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| Series: | Oñati Socio-Legal Series |
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| Online Access: | https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1249 |