Creating insecurity through youth street groups and applying security for control and governance: a case study of Barcelona Latin Kings

This paper is based on an ethnographic study of the arrests and the subsequent trial and sentencing of a group of Latin Kings and Queens from Barcelona between 2015 and 2020. We analyze the actions carried out by the police, judicial institutions and media to reestablish the "hard handed"...

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Authors: Ballesté-Isern, Eduard (Author) ; Feixa, Carles 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Critical criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 741-756
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Summary:This paper is based on an ethnographic study of the arrests and the subsequent trial and sentencing of a group of Latin Kings and Queens from Barcelona between 2015 and 2020. We analyze the actions carried out by the police, judicial institutions and media to reestablish the "hard handed" discourse in relation to these youth street groups in a time of crisis and precariousness. The concept of a "space of youth street groups" is used to construct a tool for mapping the agents who interact with these groups and the position they occupy in the social space. The interactions between these agents in Barcelona configure a new form of security governance through the creation of subjective insecurity and the promotion of punitive policies against youth street groups.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 755-756
ISSN:1572-9877
DOI:10.1007/s10612-022-09653-w