أفكار وآفاق
Volume 11, Numéro 4, Pages 149-166
2023-12-31

Studying Youth Street Groups In Algeria: Theoretical And Conceptual Insights

Authors : Omrane Mustapha . Boucherf Kamel .

Abstract

The aim of this work is to review the main definitions and approaches to the phenomenon of youth gangs. Then, the latter are related to the structures of society in order to identify and understand the levers, the social mechanisms and logics that serve as a basis for their emergence and evolution. Lastly, the case of Algeria highlights the contextual constraints of the marginalization of young people on the social, economic, political and cultural context and which presupposes the emergence of the phenomenon of youth street groups. The expected result of the research is that of contributing to the development of the knowledge of the phenomenon through the analysis of the local perspective.

Keywords

Gangs ; street youth groups ; socialization ; space ; delinquency and violence