RT Article
T1 Gang identity across the life course
JF The Oxford handbook of gangs and society
SP 106
OP 121
A1 Lee, Sou
A1 Bubolz, Bryan F.
A2 Bubolz, Bryan F.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1919901760
AB While identity - the social meanings attached to a role - has been documented across various aspects of gang life, examinations of identity have rarely extended beyond “being” a gang member. Exacerbating this is the relative absence of symbolic interactionism in the study of gangs. Thus, a more useful approach is to view gang identity as a situational resource for performance. Conceptualized in this way, the chapter encourages scholars to reimagine how gang identity is managed and what factors facilitate and discourage the “doing” of gang identity. Advancing a “soft” or dynamic version of gang identity presents new avenues for future research and provides practical considerations for understanding gang membership among scholars and practitioners alike. As such, this chapter reviews the importance of gang identity across the life course and concludes with suggestions for future research and practice.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 117-121
SN 9780197618158
K1 Gangs
K1 Identity
K1 Violence
K1 Crime
K1 Disengagement