Youths in gangs on the Cape Flats: If not gangs, then what?
| dc.contributor.author | van der Westhuizen, Marichen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gawulayo, Sibulelo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-18T10:31:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-18T10:31:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Gangs are social groups within geographical territories that use symbols, verbal and non-verbal communication to express their belonging to the group, and resort to crime to exercise power and control over the territory in which they operate (De Wet, 2016; Cooper & Ward, 2012). They are formed to claim control over a specific market, such as illegal substances, in a specific territory. Activities are organised through leadership structures and an internal organisation of roles and responsibilities for gang members. Criteria for the functioning of gangs in general include a command structure, exerting power over a territory and its inhabitants and its resources, and use of armed violence. The above criteria are also applicable to youth gangs (Cooper & Ward, 2012). | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Van der Westhuizen, M & Gawulayo, S. (2021). YOUTHS IN GANGS ON THE CAPE FLATS: IF NOT IN GANGS, THEN WHAT?. Social Work. 57. 10.15270/57-1-910. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://doi.org:10.15270/57-1-910. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/6920 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Stellenbosch University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cape Flats | en_US |
| dc.subject | Environmental influences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Family influences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Individual influences | en_US |
| dc.title | Youths in gangs on the Cape Flats: If not gangs, then what? | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |