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Gang Entry and Exit in Cape Town: Getting Beyond The Streets in Africa's Deadliest City by Dariusz Dziewanski 9781839097317

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Although gang violence is a concern being debated by academics, politicians, and communities around the world, effective solutions are in short supply, and too little research concentrates on understanding how people can leave gangs and violence. Responding to that need, this book provides a detailed qualitative account of what it is like to join and then disengage from gangs in Africa's deadliest city. Through the life stories of twenty-four former Capetonian gang members, alongside hundreds of hours of additional interviews and observation from five years of ethnographic research, Dariusz Dziewanski reimagines gangsterism in a way that pays heed to the overwhelming force of violent street culture, but also confirms the possibility of overcoming crime and violence amid disenfranchisement and disadvantage. Rather than simply reproducing the poverty-crime-violence narrative, the book demonstrates how gang members can - and have - transformed their lives, challenging the pessimistic conclusions commonly attributed to gang participants. Even gang scholars studying street culture usually portray the end point to gang life as either prison or a body bag. By presenting evidence about successful gang exit, Dziewanski showcases a practical starting point for changing how criminologists think about gangs and street culture - offering hope to those trying exit gang life, as well as those trying to help them do so.

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ISBN 9781839097317
Author Dariusz Dziewanski
Format Hardback
Page Count 260
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 152g

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