Gangs and other Groups
of Armed Young Men
Around the Globe
Related Links
The Best source for news
on gangs, armed young
men, and children in
organised armed violence is
Important
Inter-
national Gang
Research Sites
New
York City's
Street Organization
Project
International
Action
Network on Small Arms
Important Books
Gangs
and Youth
Subcultures:Inter-
national Explorations
edited by
Kayleen and
Cameron Hazlehurst
Gangs
in the Global City
edited by John Hagedorn
Coming Soon
-South Africa-
Bo-Tsotsi:
The Youth
Gangs
of Soweto, 1935-197
by Clive Glasee
The
Brotherhoods by
Don P:innock
We are
the Poors;
by Ashwin Desai
-Latin America-
Born
Fi Dead by
Laurie Gunst
Killing
Pablo
Escobar by
Mark Bowden
-Europe-
The
Euro-gang Paradox,
by Malcolm Klein et al.
Brazil:
The most violent gangs outside the US are
in the favelas of Sao Paolo and Rio de Janiero.
Luke Dowdney's research is featured.
Colombia: The Cartels
have been broken up,
but cocaine production
continues on a decentralized basis.
Haiti: Violence
by gangs continues.
Jamaica. Posses
get their start in politics.
Peru: The Truth
Commission and Shining Path
The Euro-gang Project. A conventional analysis of
street
gangs in Europe.
Trends in Violence in Europe.An article by Christian
Pfeiffer.
Ireland: The
Irish Republican Army are politicized armed young men
Cape
Flats: Home of the
Hard Livings Gang
Johannesburg:
Follow the anti-eviction campaign and suppression of
street organizations through the independent
media center
Cape
Town: Don
Pinnock in a new unpublished article on programs. Cape Town has
an estimated 120,000
gang members
Nigeria: Gang violence flares between Islam and Christianity. State sponsored
gangs like the Bakassa
Boys fan religious hatred.
Bal Thackery: Mumbai's
Richard J. Daley
Mumbai: Shiv Sena and their leader, Bal Thackeray, runs Mumbai (Bombay) with help from its gangs and was deeply involved in the Babri Masjid riots in Ayodhya.
Japan: The Yakuza exercises influence in all spheres of life
Brazilian policemen line up inside the Bangu 1 maximum security prison, 30 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro, just before top drug lord Luiz Fernando da Costa was moved to another jail in Sao Paulo State, late February 26, 2003. Brazilian authorities, facing a wave of violence on the eve of the annual Rio Carnival, moved Da Costa after he was caught coordinating his criminal operations from inside Bangu 1 by mobile phone.