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The story is told from the inner sanctum of the state security apparatus that fought an urban terror campaign in South Africa between 1998 and 2002.
Donald Trump has set in motion a process to designate drug cartels as terrorist organisations.
What can we learn from the trajectories of those who have taken part in a gang? Can they ever get out? What do they tell us about the societies in which these gangs operate?
Danny, was a Glaswegian gang member. His past experiences mirrors in many ways the broader transformation of Glasgow over several decades.
Sharif was forced to live on the streets at 14 and became affiliated with criminal gangs as a means to survive. He and I discussed his childhood and how he overcame adversity, war and conflict.
Mexico will elect its first woman president on Sunday.
Governments across Latin America are resorting to draconian measures in an attempt to rein in surging gang violence.
A survey of people across 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean found widespread concern over the economy and crime.
The politics of ethnicity laid the groundwork for Mungiki.
Even after becoming an ‘ex’, former gang members must still negotiate gang associations and activities in the communities they remain in.
Rivalries will have been bred, birthed and nursed during lockdown, just as they are on the street.
Criminal gangs, insurgents and terrorist groups seek to protect the people in the areas they govern, when a central government’s power is weak or nonexistent.
Gangs are still a significant reality in US prisons. But most inmates say that their power has been watered down, and they no longer rule facilities with an iron fist.
In our urban world, turning the makeshift and the informal into the livable and sustainable is our greatest challenge.
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Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University
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Professor of Criminology and Director of the National Centre for Gang Research, University of West London
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Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Newcastle University
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Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
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Honorary research affiliate, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Tel Aviv University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor Emerita, Roskilde University
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and Director of LAPOP, Vanderbilt University
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Foundation Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Westminster
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Senior Lecturer, Scottish history, University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Criminology, University of Glasgow
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Professeur, Chaire d'excellence A*Midex, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)