Ross Deuchar Libri

Focusing on the transformative power of religion and spirituality, this book delves into how these elements aid male gang members and offenders in distancing themselves from criminal lifestyles. Through in-depth interviews across the USA, Scotland, Denmark, and Hong Kong, it highlights personal testimonials from gang members, mentors, and spiritual leaders. The author uncovers how faith can foster new social connections and coping strategies, offering critical insights for scholars, students, and practitioners involved in gang culture and masculinity studies.

The deaths of Michael Brown and George Floyd at the hands of white police officers have uncovered an apparent legitimacy crisis at the heart of American policing. Drawing on interviews with officers, offenders, practitioners and community members, this book explores policing changes in the 'post-Ferguson' era and informs future policing practice.

This book explores young people’s experiences of social control and the state, especially those living at the margins of society within the UK. In particular, the book focuses on disadvantaged young people’s experiences in education, in the labour market, with police and within the criminal justice system. It draws upon insights gathered by the authors in Scotland and England via in-depth interviews with, and observation of, young people in multiple settings and the barriers they come across in terms of justice, equity and inclusion. Deuchar and Bhopal present a range of creative and engaging case studies that illustrate where barriers have been broken down between young people and the agents of social control and elucidate upon how a sense of justice and inclusion has emerged. With its wide-ranging, multi-perspective approach, this study will be essential reading for scholars and students of sociology, criminology and youth studies, as well as holding appeal for policy-makers and practitioners.