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Youth Gangs and Youth Violence in Australia

Youth Gangs and Youth Violence in Australia

Rob White
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781466699380|ISBN10: 1466699388|EISBN13: 9781466699397
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9938-0.ch015
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White, Rob. "Youth Gangs and Youth Violence in Australia." Global Perspectives on Youth Gang Behavior, Violence, and Weapons Use, edited by Simon Harding and Marek Palasinski, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 327-345. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9938-0.ch015

APA

White, R. (2016). Youth Gangs and Youth Violence in Australia. In S. Harding & M. Palasinski (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Youth Gang Behavior, Violence, and Weapons Use (pp. 327-345). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9938-0.ch015

Chicago

White, Rob. "Youth Gangs and Youth Violence in Australia." In Global Perspectives on Youth Gang Behavior, Violence, and Weapons Use, edited by Simon Harding and Marek Palasinski, 327-345. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9938-0.ch015

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Abstract

This chapter provides an introduction and overview of issues pertaining to youth gangs and youth violence in Australia. The first part features the voices of young people from around Australia describing their experiences of youth gang violence. The second part provides a broad overview of biological, psychological and social factors that together shape the propensities for young people, and young men in particular, to join gangs and to engage in youth violence. The final part of the chapter provides more detailed exposition of two gang members, 'Mohammad' and 'Tan', and the everyday complexities of their lives. The chapter concludes by noting that the gang does not have to be seen as an overwhelming influence in the lives of young people, and that their activities and behaviours are more diverse, and include positive elements, than generally given credit in mainstream youth gangs research and analysis.

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