Citation

Fraser A, Hagedorn JM. Theor. Criminol. 2018; 22(1): 42-62.

Affiliation

University of Illinois-Chicago, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1362480616659129

PMID

29503595

PMCID

PMC5813880

Abstract

Across the globe, the phenomenon of youth gangs has become an important and sensitive public issue. In this context, an increasing level of research attention has focused on the development of universalized definitions of gangs in a global context. In this article, we argue that this search for similarity has resulted in a failure to recognize and understand difference. Drawing on an alternative methodology we call a 'global exchange', this article suggests three concepts-homologies of habitus, vectors of difference and transnational reflexivity-that seek to re-engage the sociological imagination in the study of gangs and globalization.

Language: en

Keywords

Bourdieu; C Wright Mills; comparison; gangs; globalization; reflexivity