Scotland's Gang Members: Life and Crime in Glasgow

by Robert McLean

Book Overview

Drawing on extensive life-history interviews with serious violent offenders, this book offers a unique socio-historical analysis of gang membership and gang evolution in Glasgow, Scotland's largest city. The book chronicles the lives of young men in and around Glasgow from early childhood to present day and examines the lived experience of family, friendship, community, and crime. It demonstrates how street reputations are won and lost and how gang...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030477541
• ISBN13: 9783030477547
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"