Voices from a gang:  a study of young gang members and stories as told by themselves about upbringing, school and gang life – gang research in a Danish context

Kirsten Elisa Petersen

Voices from a gang: a study of young gang members and stories as told by themselves about upbringing, school and gang life – gang research in a Danish context

Danish School of Education - Educational Psychology, Emdrup

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the young gang members' own stories about their everyday lives in gangs in a Danish context. The article is based on a recently completed research project which served to involve gang members' perspectives on life in gangs, and the opportunities to move away from the gang life again. The empirical findings of this study help to identify a number of implications to prevent young people from joining gangs, and their ability to get out of the gangs again. The empirical findings also contribute to putting Denmark on the world map in relation to developing research-based knowledge within this area.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Gang Research
Volume	24
Issue	2
Pages (from-to)	35-52
Number of pages	17
ISSN	1079-3062
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Socialpædagogik
Bande og kriminalitet

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Voices from a gang: a study of young gang members and stories as told by themselves about upbringing, school and gang life – gang research in a Danish context. / Petersen, Kirsten Elisa.
In: Journal of Gang Research, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2017, p. 35-52.

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Voices from a gang: a study of young gang members and stories as told by themselves about upbringing, school and gang life – gang research in a Danish context

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