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THINKING SERIOUSLY ABOUT GANGS - PAUL ANDELL GE...

This book examines the current debate about UK street gangs termed the 'UK Gang Thesis' debate.
It argues that policy formations in the UK aimed at addressing street gangs preceding and
succeeding the English riots of 2011 have encompassed positions of both gang denial and gang
blame. The policy pendulum of denial and blame raises questions about where UK gang-policy
stands  and which ideas and influences have framed our responses to this issue. The book will
explore the UK Gangs Thesis using an analysis of empirical evidence from three sites in three
English regions which encompasses periods of both gang denial and gang blame. This book is an
examination of the relationship between theory  policy and practice in the context of the
current UK gangs-discourse  and one of the first to examine the country lines phenomena. There
is a need to formulate a less partisan analysis of gangs in the UK  and to recapture the debate
from analyses which understate or overstate the gang problem. In order to do so  Andell argues
that a realist approach is needed which defines what constitutes social reality and overcomes
theoretical and methodological difficulties in order to critique present formulations of gangs.
This book provides this critique and makes suggestions for a more comprehensive and democratic
approach to gang policy  in what can be termed a critical realist approach to gangs.

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