Radgies, Gangstas, and Mugs: Imaginary Criminal Identities in the Twilight of the Pseudo-Pacification Process

Part of a special issue on emerging imaginaries of regulation, control, and repression. The writers discuss the growing attraction of instrumentalism, violence, and criminality in socially excluded micro-communities in postindustrial Britain. Drawing on data from their ongoing ethnographic study int...

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Authors: Hall, Steve (Author) ; Winlow, Simon 1972- (Author) ; Ancrum, Craig (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
In: Social justice
Year: 2005, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 100-112
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Industrial laws & legislation
Biographies
Genealogy
Crises
Capitalism
Social Systems
Youth > Great Britain
Group Identity
Gangs
Masculinity
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Summary:Part of a special issue on emerging imaginaries of regulation, control, and repression. The writers discuss the growing attraction of instrumentalism, violence, and criminality in socially excluded micro-communities in postindustrial Britain. Drawing on data from their ongoing ethnographic study into changing criminal identities and practices in a town in northeastern England, they consider the relationship between the contemporary culture industry and the imaginations, identities, and practices of a sample of young male criminals. They contend that one of criminology's most pressing issues is the emergence of strands of criminal masculinity isolated from class and economy, increasingly constructed around cultural imagery and market demands and apparent within already disgruntled social environments such as the town under study.