Gangs, Drugs and (Dis)Organised Crime
Robert McLean
Abstract
Analysing criminal trajectories via the lens of group offending from childhood to adulthood, this book explores gang organisation as a means for gang business in the contemporary British context. The study itself draws upon a five year study, carried out in the West of Scotland, to present in the voices of practitioners and more notably (ex)offenders the activity which gangs engage in the look to survive, operate, and expand in the illegal criminal underworld. The book is unique in that gang structure, activity, and context are analysed independently yet presents a holistic picture of what (di ... More
Analysing criminal trajectories via the lens of group offending from childhood to adulthood, this book explores gang organisation as a means for gang business in the contemporary British context. The study itself draws upon a five year study, carried out in the West of Scotland, to present in the voices of practitioners and more notably (ex)offenders the activity which gangs engage in the look to survive, operate, and expand in the illegal criminal underworld. The book is unique in that gang structure, activity, and context are analysed independently yet presents a holistic picture of what (dis)organised crime looks like in Britain today. Particular attention is paid to gang involvement in the countries illegal drug market, with unique light shed on the subject. In addition, the author explores how this illegal activity often overspills and is intertwined with the legitimate British economy.
Keywords:
Gangs,
Group offending,
Criminal Trajectories,
Organised Crime,
Drugs,
Violence,
Scotland
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2019 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781529203028 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: May 2020 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781529203028.001.0001 |
