Authoritative, multi-displinery and international, this handbook defines the new theoretical and empirical traditions of Critical Gang Studies, taking into account the gang as a socio-cultural formation, its various forms and stages of development, the role of race and political economy, and the contradictory impact of repressive policies.

Critical Theories of the Gang 1.Utilizing Southern Criminology in the Global North: Applying Southern Criminology to Over-standings of English Gang Research 2.States of Emergency: Gangs, Benjamin, and the Challenge to Modern Sovereignty 3.The Birmingham School and Critical Gang Studies 4.The Gang as Secret Society 5.On Being Affected: Love, Law & Submission Among Gangsters 6.The Catholic Church and the Gangs: Toward a Liberationist Critique of Gang Violence 7.Gangs, space and the state: bringing Henri Lefebvre's spatial theory to critical gang studies Critical Methodologies 8.Cultural Criminology and Gangs: Street Elitism and Politics in Late Modernity 9.Interviewing Gang Members: A Note on Research Design 10.New Standards for Social Practice Ethics? Researching Processes of Gang Exit with Former Gang Members 11.Filming (With) Gangs: An Essay on Visual Sociology in Barcelona 12.Why Gang Members are Dehumanized in Court 13.Gang Narratives and Race-Based Policing and Prosecution in New York City Policies and Repressive Models 14.Securitization and the Transnational Governing of Central American Gangs 15.Gangs and the Garrison State: (In)Security Politics and Democracy in Latin America 16.Misguided Strategy: New York City's Decision to Criminalize Gangs 17.Off the Books and Off the Blocks:The Dual Economic Marginalization of Black Gang Members in Chicago 18.Responding to Exclusion in Hartford and the Evolution of a Gang Global Case Studies 19.The War on Gangs and Gangsters: The Latino/a Experience with Settler Colonialism 20.Indigenous Gangs in Western Canada 21.Transnationalism and Postnational Identities: The three lives of a Latin King 22.Race and Youth Gangs in France: Denial, Ambiguity, and Recognition 23.Performing 'gang-ness': the transformative "realness" of gang violence in the Netherlands 24.Stuck in Between: A Former Marero in the "European Capital" of Salvadoran Gangs 25.A Genealogy of Gangs in Hong Kong 26.Reimagining the Landscape of Gangs: Reflections from Bangladesh and China 27.Russian street gangs, their social construction and political use-value 28.The Fourth Corner of the Triangle: Gang transnationalism, fragmentation and evolution in Belize City 29.Gang governance in the Tropics: The political economy of violence and social order in contemporary Nicaragua 30.Understanding the dynamics and functions of gang violence: The case of El Salvador 31.The making of Central America's Street Gangs 32.A Critical Criminology of Gangs and Organized Crime in Brazil 33.The Legalization of The Latin Kings in Ecuador: The Two Hands of The State, From the Production of Marginalization to Policies of Inclusion 34.Peace Processes in Ecuador 35.Gangs in the Post Chávez Bolivarian Revolution: How Mano Dura Policies and Political Pacts have Organized Crime in Venezuela 36.Gangs in Kenya: Work, Manhood and Security Culture and the Gang 37.Identity and Collective Resistance Among the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (New York) 38."They Treat Us Like Criminals in Front of our Kids": Gang-Affiliated Chicanas and Trails of Violence in the Barrio 39."The city got my back so the city on my back": Prisoner's Negation of the States' Claims of Prisoner's Humanity 40.Performance Narratives of Gang Identity and Membership 41.California Placaso: The Social Construction of Chicanx Gang Graffiti 42."Gangbangers are Gangbangers, Hustlers are Hustlers": The Rap Game, Social Media, and Gang Violence in Toronto Contexts and Spaces 43.Prison Gangs in the Northern Triangle: The Critical Contribution of Prison Studies to the Theory of Gangs 44.Doxa is Dangerous: How Academic Doxa Inhibits Prison Gang Research 45.Prison Gangs: Rise, Resistance and Reentry 46.A Legacy of Mapping Gang Neighborhoods in LA Critical Appraisals of Major Figures in Gang Research 47.Dwight Conquergood: An Appreciation of his Intellectual Life and Contribution to Critical Gang Studies 48.The Legacy of Joan Moore: A Revolution in Gang Research 49.The Legacy of James Diego Vigil: Rebelde Con Causa