Exploring Urban Youth Culture Outside of the Gang Paradigm: Critical Questions of Youth, Gender and Race On-Road

’On-road’ is a complex term used by young people to describe street-based subculture and a general way of being. Featuring the voices of young people, this collection explores how race, class and gender dynamics shape this aspect of youth culture.

With young people on-road often becoming criminalised due to interlocking structural inequalities, this book looks beyond concerns about gangs and presents empirical research from scholars and activists who work with and study the social lives of young people. It addresses the concerns of practitioners, policy makers and scholars by analysing aspects and misinterpretations of the shifting realities of young people’s urban life.

Jade Levell is Senior Lecturer of Criminology and Gender Violence at the University of Bristol.

Tara Young is Senior Lecturer of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Kent.

Rod Earle is Senior Lecturer of Youth Justice at The Open University.