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BL
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724159
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b543878
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| Main Entry
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John Pitts.
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| Title & Author
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Reluctant gangsters : : the changing shape of youth crime\ John Pitts.
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| Publication Statement
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Cullompton: Willan, 2008
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(176 pages)
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| ISBN
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1134022190
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: 1843926679
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: 9781134022199
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: 9781843926672
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| Contents
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1 Things Have Changed; 2 What is a Gang?; 3 The Origins of the Gangs in the Borough; 4. The Changing Shape of Organised Crime in East London; 5 The Gangs in the Borough; 6 Everyday Life in Gangland; 7 Explaining the violent gang; 8 Confronting the Violent Gang; Conclusion; Bibliography.
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| Abstract
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Presents an account of the emergence, nature and impact of armed youth gangs in an East London Borough. This book describes the challenges these armed young men and women pose to their communities, those charged with preventing crime and those struggling to vouchsafe 'community safety'.
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Gun control -- England -- London.
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Juvenile delinquency -- England -- London -- Prevention.
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Juvenile delinquents -- England -- London.
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| LC Classification
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HV9145.J646 2008
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John Pitts
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