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Gangs have been heavily pathologized in the last several decades. In comparison to the pioneering Chicago School's work on gangs in the 1920s we have moved away from a humanistic appraisal of and sensitivity toward the phenomenon and have allowed the gang to become a highly plastic folk devil outside of history. This pathologization of the gang has particularly negative consequences for democracy in an age of punishment, cruelty and coercive social control. This is the central thesis of David Br

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Author

David C. Brotherton

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781135005948

Category

social science

Subjects

Science, Social Science, Social_sciences

Updated

2026-03-25