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A study of gang culture is unwavering in its portrayal of violence, but it lacks the social context

Throughout history, young men have fought battles without territorial sense, but in the last two decades, Britain has experienced an alarming increase in deadly violence of gangs. The stories of shootings and killings of teenagers, once considered remote in America, now come with depressing regularity of our cities.

In most cases the perpetrators are male and black (as are its victims), and almost without exception, are products of dysfunctional with the expectations of poor education and limited. Often, the most reliable work for the British youth urban economy of illicit drugs, with all its brutality inflation and social corrosion.

But once these facts were established bald, where you can get the story? There are arguments to be made on the reform of drug laws, better housing, levels of higher education and foster a greater sense of social inclusion. But what can be said of the gang members themselves, their values ??and codes of conduct, not just rehashing the clichés of gangsta rap?

Gavin Knight

hood rat

is unwavering account of the life and death in the states of the collapse of Britain. Enters the environment that most of us only watch the local news, and addresses the kind of people who fear being in a dark night, or even an afternoon light. The question is, in addition to the original vision?

The book contains many shocking stories, but little or no surprise. Anyone, for example, following the recent case of Gayle Santra, North of 15 years in London, who was hired to kill a stranger for 200 pounds, be aware of the phenomenon of teenage thugs. This is not a reason not to dive into the circumstances and motivations that lead teens to become murderers, but Chevalier seems less concerned about the depth of field.

Maybe that's the point. Maybe all the gang members are somewhat interchangeable: all trapped by the narrow horizons. If so, that does not require 300 pages of printed razor and head for this question. And I do not really intend to Knight.
major drawback of the book is that there seems to be confusion of the object. They call it the dilemma of Ross Kemp, getting the balance between violence, including enough to attract the real audience of crime and the social enough to be considered worthy of being taken seriously.