RT Article
T1 Gangs and a global sociological imagination
JF Theoretical criminology
VO 22
IS 1
SP 42
OP 62
A1 Fraser, Alistair David 1982-
A2 Hagedorn, John 1947-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1679114115
AB Across the globe, the phenomenon of youth gangs has become an important and sensitive public issue. In this context, an increasing level of research attention has focused on the development of universalized definitions of gangs in a global context. In this article, we argue that this search for similarity has resulted in a failure to recognize and understand difference. Drawing on an alternative methodology we call a ‘global exchange', this article suggests three concepts—homologies of habitus, vectors of difference and transnational reflexivity—that seek to re-engage the sociological imagination in the study of gangs and globalization.
K1 Bourdieu, Pierre
K1 Comparison
K1 Mills, C. Wright
K1 Gangs
K1 Globalization
K1 Reflexivity
K1 Bandenkriminalität
DO 10.1177/1362480616659129