Elke Van Hellemont
Biographic Data
| ID | 4076276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elke Van Hellemont |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elke |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Hellemont |
| SIGNATURE | VAN HELLEMONT E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3160-0709 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Liminal spaces, seasonal faces: Challenging drug market assumptions via an exploration of naturally occurring magic mushroom markets in rural Kent
A greater understanding of the variety of Class-A drug markets in operation can challenge archetypes and discrimination in understanding drug market involvement, will allow the development of more nuanced policing and policy strategies, and contributes to the presentation of a fluidity of drug market structure that permeates beyond bottom level street markets or social supply
Six Lines: A Methodological Agenda for Critical Gang Studies
In the twenty-first century, the established methodological props for gang research have worn increasingly thin. Place-based definitions involving territorial groups confined to neighbourhood fiefdoms have become increasingly fractured, as shifts in social life increasingly overwhelm and undercut such approaches. This paper seeks to offer a new methodological agenda for transnational gang studies that is premised on the significance ofmobilityand…
If crime is not the problem, crime fighting is no solution: Policing gang violence in the age of abolition
Purpose In their 1999 classic, Crime is Not the Problem , Zimring and Hawkins changed the way criminologists thought about crime and violence simply by forcing us to distinguish between them. In so doing, they advanced an agenda for a more effective response to the real “crime” problem in America – violence. In this short commentary, the authors apply this logic to gang research and responses. The authors argue police fall short in responding to …
Gang glocalization: How the global mediascape creates and shapes local gang realities
This article introduces the concept of ‘gang glocalization’ to capture the processes by which global media myths and conventions create and shape local gang realities. The different stages of gang glocalization, and the motives to engage in this process, are examined by comparison of two empirical cases – Congolese gangs in Brussels and Afro-Caribbean gangs in London. This multi-sited ethnography finds that youth use fiction and imagination in or…
Gangland Online: Performing the Real Imaginary World of Gangstas and Ghettos in Brussels
status: Published
Gang glocalization: How the global mediascape creates and shapes local gang realities
This article introduces the concept of ‘gang glocalization’ to capture the processes by which global media myths and conventions create and shape local gang realities. The different stages of gang glocalization, and the motives to engage in this process, are examined by comparison of two empirical cases – Congolese gangs in Brussels and Afro-Caribbean gangs in London. This multi-sited ethnography finds that youth use fiction and imagination in or…
Gangland Online: Performing the Real Imaginary World of Gangstas and Ghettos in Brussels
status: Published
Gangland Online: Performing the Real Imaginary World of Gangstas and Ghettos in Brussels
status: Published
Gang glocalization: How the global mediascape creates and shapes local gang realities
This article introduces the concept of ‘gang glocalization’ to capture the processes by which global media myths and conventions create and shape local gang realities. The different stages of gang glocalization, and the motives to engage in this process, are examined by comparison of two empirical cases – Congolese gangs in Brussels and Afro-Caribbean gangs in London. This multi-sited ethnography finds that youth use fiction and imagination in or…
If crime is not the problem, crime fighting is no solution: Policing gang violence in the age of abolition
Purpose In their 1999 classic, Crime is Not the Problem , Zimring and Hawkins changed the way criminologists thought about crime and violence simply by forcing us to distinguish between them. In so doing, they advanced an agenda for a more effective response to the real “crime” problem in America – violence. In this short commentary, the authors apply this logic to gang research and responses. The authors argue police fall short in responding to …
Six Lines: A Methodological Agenda for Critical Gang Studies
In the twenty-first century, the established methodological props for gang research have worn increasingly thin. Place-based definitions involving territorial groups confined to neighbourhood fiefdoms have become increasingly fractured, as shifts in social life increasingly overwhelm and undercut such approaches. This paper seeks to offer a new methodological agenda for transnational gang studies that is premised on the significance ofmobilityand…
Liminal spaces, seasonal faces: Challenging drug market assumptions via an exploration of naturally occurring magic mushroom markets in rural Kent
A greater understanding of the variety of Class-A drug markets in operation can challenge archetypes and discrimination in understanding drug market involvement, will allow the development of more nuanced policing and policy strategies, and contributes to the presentation of a fluidity of drug market structure that permeates beyond bottom level street markets or social supply
Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (3 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works)