Simon Harding
Biographic Data
| ID | 5148629 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Harding |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Harding |
| SIGNATURE | HARDING S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of West London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1993-1051 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Storming the Capital: The Place of Street Capital and Social Capital within Gangs
This chapter focuses on the essential internal dynamics of urban street gangs by bringing together discussions on the dual concepts of social capital and “street capital.” The chapter presents an overview of the multifaceted perspectives on social capital theory and how it has been drawn on to explore and understand what may lead the most disadvantaged and vulnerable to join street gangs, before exploring the newer theory of “street capital” and …
Marine resources and their value in Kadavu, Fiji
Recognition of the multiple types of value of marine resources is crucial to help design locally meaningful and sustainable management approaches for marine and coastal habitats. There is a lack of information on the amount of living marine resources harvested by coastal communities in many Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), as well as on their economic and non-economic value. This paper explores the monetary, subsistence, and soci…
County Lines: Exploitation and Drug Dealing among Urban Street Gangs
County Lines: Exploitation and Drug Dealing amongst Urban Street Gangs
This work addresses what the National Crime Agency refer to as a 'significant threat' - county lines - the transportation of large volumes of drugs, mostly crack cocaine and heroin, from metro centres to more provincial or rural areas of the UK. This phenomenon has impacted local drug markets, increasing criminal activity. Harding explores how county lines evolve, and reveals an extensive network of criminal exploitation and control in the daily …
County Lines: Exploitation and Drug Dealing among Urban Street Gangs
Described by the National Crime Agency as a ‘significant threat’, county lines involve gangs recruiting vulnerable youth to sell drugs in provincial areas. This phenomenon has impacted local drug markets, increasing criminal activity and violence. Exploring how county lines evolve, the book reveals extensive criminal exploitation and control in the daily ‘grind’ to sell drugs. Drawing upon extensive interviews and case studies, the book gives voi…
Personalising screening of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy - qualitative evidence to inform effective implementation
Implementing variable-interval screening into clinical practice is generally acceptable to PWD and HCP with important caveats, and misconceptions must be addressed. Clear safeguards against increasing non-attendance, loss of diabetes control and alternative referral pathways are required. For risk calculation systems to be safe, reliable monitoring and clear communication is required
A Typology of Street Robbery and Gang Organization: Insights from Qualitative Research in Scotland
Utilizing interviews with 42 current and ex-street offenders, this study explores the relationship between street gang organization and robbery. Robbery type is affected by level of organization exhibited by the gang. For recreational and territorial young street gangs, robbery is opportunistic, occurring in a diffuse manner, and conducted individually, even when others are present as ‘backup’. For criminal gangs, robbery is often planned in adva…
Putting the ‘Street’ in Gang: Place and Space in the Organization of Scotland’s Drug-Selling Gangs
Street gangs, by definition, enjoy a special relationship with the street. Prior research shows that some communities are synonymous with gangs and that turf holds a combination of expressive and instrumental value for gang members. As gangs evolve over time and through different levels of organization, however, gangs’ relationship with the street changes. This shifting street dynamic is underexplored in prior research, thus, drawing on qualitati…
An altered state? Emergent changes to illicit drug markets and distribution networks in scotland
Challenging the orthodoxy on pupil gang involvement: When two social fields collide
Based on fieldwork conducted in five alternative provision schools across three large cities in England, this article explores the relationship between young people's involvement in urban street gangs and their attitudes and behaviour in school. By applying and developing a lens of social field theory, the article highlights the ways in which gang‐involved young people navigate their way between two distinct social fields, namely that of the stre…
Explaining the rapid emergence of battery-rickshaws in New Delhi: Supply-demand, regulation and political mobilisation
Global Perspectives on Youth Gang Behavior, Violence, and Weapons Use
This chapter considers youth offending and youth justice in contemporary China noting significant changes due to the rapid economic transformation. Once famous for its low crime rates, the apparent rapid rise in Chinese juvenile delinquency has left the media ‘wondering what transformed these little “flowers of the motherland” into “carnivorous plants”. The chapter charts changes from the yanda (hard strikes) crackdown in 1983 to the highly publi…
Street Casino: Survival in violent street gangs
The Street Casino: Survival in Violent Street Gangs
Simon Harding proposes a unique theoretical perspective on survival in violent street gangs which offers new evidence on gang behaviour, dynamics, affiliation and risks in inner city areas.
The Street Casino
The final chapter considers the cumulative impact of this social field upon the young lives lived within it. It also reviews the value and utility of the social field theory and the street capital theory. Key elements and findings are summarised. Finally this chapter considers how field theory and street capital theory offer fresh insights into the gang and how it works, including fresh perspectives on policy developments.
The street casino: Survival in the violent street gang
Gang violence is continually on the increase. There is an urgent need for a fresh perspective offering insight into gang structure, organisation, offending behaviour and gang violence to explain this increase. Using the findings from an extensive ethnographic study of local residents, professionals and gang members in South London, and drawing on his vast experience and knowledge of the field, Simon Harding proposes an unique theoretical perspect…
The Street Casino: Survival in violent street gangs
This work offers a new theoretical perspective on how young people survive the violent street gangs of south London. Using the principles of social field analysis and habitus from Pierre Bourdieu, Harding establishes the gang as a social arena of competition where actors struggle for distinction and survival. Establishing the metaphor of a Casino in which young people strive to become Players in The Game, Harding proposes that success is determin…
Unleashed: The Phenomena of Status Dogs and Weapon Dogs
The first book in the UK or US to set on record the recent cultural phenomenon of the use of certain dog breeds - both legal and illegal - to 'convey status' upon their owners
Marine resources and their value in Kadavu, Fiji
Recognition of the multiple types of value of marine resources is crucial to help design locally meaningful and sustainable management approaches for marine and coastal habitats. There is a lack of information on the amount of living marine resources harvested by coastal communities in many Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), as well as on their economic and non-economic value. This paper explores the monetary, subsistence, and soci…
Unleashed: The Phenomena of Status Dogs and Weapon Dogs
The first book in the UK or US to set on record the recent cultural phenomenon of the use of certain dog breeds - both legal and illegal - to 'convey status' upon their owners
Putting the ‘Street’ in Gang: Place and Space in the Organization of Scotland’s Drug-Selling Gangs
Street gangs, by definition, enjoy a special relationship with the street. Prior research shows that some communities are synonymous with gangs and that turf holds a combination of expressive and instrumental value for gang members. As gangs evolve over time and through different levels of organization, however, gangs’ relationship with the street changes. This shifting street dynamic is underexplored in prior research, thus, drawing on qualitati…
A Typology of Street Robbery and Gang Organization: Insights from Qualitative Research in Scotland
Utilizing interviews with 42 current and ex-street offenders, this study explores the relationship between street gang organization and robbery. Robbery type is affected by level of organization exhibited by the gang. For recreational and territorial young street gangs, robbery is opportunistic, occurring in a diffuse manner, and conducted individually, even when others are present as ‘backup’. For criminal gangs, robbery is often planned in adva…
Challenging the orthodoxy on pupil gang involvement: When two social fields collide
Based on fieldwork conducted in five alternative provision schools across three large cities in England, this article explores the relationship between young people's involvement in urban street gangs and their attitudes and behaviour in school. By applying and developing a lens of social field theory, the article highlights the ways in which gang‐involved young people navigate their way between two distinct social fields, namely that of the stre…
Unleashed: The Phenomena of Status Dogs and Weapon Dogs
The first book in the UK or US to set on record the recent cultural phenomenon of the use of certain dog breeds - both legal and illegal - to 'convey status' upon their owners
Street Casino: Survival in violent street gangs
The Street Casino: Survival in Violent Street Gangs
Simon Harding proposes a unique theoretical perspective on survival in violent street gangs which offers new evidence on gang behaviour, dynamics, affiliation and risks in inner city areas.
The Street Casino
The final chapter considers the cumulative impact of this social field upon the young lives lived within it. It also reviews the value and utility of the social field theory and the street capital theory. Key elements and findings are summarised. Finally this chapter considers how field theory and street capital theory offer fresh insights into the gang and how it works, including fresh perspectives on policy developments.
The street casino: Survival in the violent street gang
Gang violence is continually on the increase. There is an urgent need for a fresh perspective offering insight into gang structure, organisation, offending behaviour and gang violence to explain this increase. Using the findings from an extensive ethnographic study of local residents, professionals and gang members in South London, and drawing on his vast experience and knowledge of the field, Simon Harding proposes an unique theoretical perspect…
The Street Casino: Survival in violent street gangs
This work offers a new theoretical perspective on how young people survive the violent street gangs of south London. Using the principles of social field analysis and habitus from Pierre Bourdieu, Harding establishes the gang as a social arena of competition where actors struggle for distinction and survival. Establishing the metaphor of a Casino in which young people strive to become Players in The Game, Harding proposes that success is determin…
Global Perspectives on Youth Gang Behavior, Violence, and Weapons Use
This chapter considers youth offending and youth justice in contemporary China noting significant changes due to the rapid economic transformation. Once famous for its low crime rates, the apparent rapid rise in Chinese juvenile delinquency has left the media ‘wondering what transformed these little “flowers of the motherland” into “carnivorous plants”. The chapter charts changes from the yanda (hard strikes) crackdown in 1983 to the highly publi…
Explaining the rapid emergence of battery-rickshaws in New Delhi: Supply-demand, regulation and political mobilisation
An altered state? Emergent changes to illicit drug markets and distribution networks in scotland
Challenging the orthodoxy on pupil gang involvement: When two social fields collide
Based on fieldwork conducted in five alternative provision schools across three large cities in England, this article explores the relationship between young people's involvement in urban street gangs and their attitudes and behaviour in school. By applying and developing a lens of social field theory, the article highlights the ways in which gang‐involved young people navigate their way between two distinct social fields, namely that of the stre…
A Typology of Street Robbery and Gang Organization: Insights from Qualitative Research in Scotland
Utilizing interviews with 42 current and ex-street offenders, this study explores the relationship between street gang organization and robbery. Robbery type is affected by level of organization exhibited by the gang. For recreational and territorial young street gangs, robbery is opportunistic, occurring in a diffuse manner, and conducted individually, even when others are present as ‘backup’. For criminal gangs, robbery is often planned in adva…
Putting the ‘Street’ in Gang: Place and Space in the Organization of Scotland’s Drug-Selling Gangs
Street gangs, by definition, enjoy a special relationship with the street. Prior research shows that some communities are synonymous with gangs and that turf holds a combination of expressive and instrumental value for gang members. As gangs evolve over time and through different levels of organization, however, gangs’ relationship with the street changes. This shifting street dynamic is underexplored in prior research, thus, drawing on qualitati…
County Lines: Exploitation and Drug Dealing among Urban Street Gangs
County Lines: Exploitation and Drug Dealing amongst Urban Street Gangs
This work addresses what the National Crime Agency refer to as a 'significant threat' - county lines - the transportation of large volumes of drugs, mostly crack cocaine and heroin, from metro centres to more provincial or rural areas of the UK. This phenomenon has impacted local drug markets, increasing criminal activity. Harding explores how county lines evolve, and reveals an extensive network of criminal exploitation and control in the daily …
County Lines: Exploitation and Drug Dealing among Urban Street Gangs
Described by the National Crime Agency as a ‘significant threat’, county lines involve gangs recruiting vulnerable youth to sell drugs in provincial areas. This phenomenon has impacted local drug markets, increasing criminal activity and violence. Exploring how county lines evolve, the book reveals extensive criminal exploitation and control in the daily ‘grind’ to sell drugs. Drawing upon extensive interviews and case studies, the book gives voi…
Personalising screening of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy - qualitative evidence to inform effective implementation
Implementing variable-interval screening into clinical practice is generally acceptable to PWD and HCP with important caveats, and misconceptions must be addressed. Clear safeguards against increasing non-attendance, loss of diabetes control and alternative referral pathways are required. For risk calculation systems to be safe, reliable monitoring and clear communication is required
Marine resources and their value in Kadavu, Fiji
Recognition of the multiple types of value of marine resources is crucial to help design locally meaningful and sustainable management approaches for marine and coastal habitats. There is a lack of information on the amount of living marine resources harvested by coastal communities in many Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), as well as on their economic and non-economic value. This paper explores the monetary, subsistence, and soci…
Storming the Capital: The Place of Street Capital and Social Capital within Gangs
This chapter focuses on the essential internal dynamics of urban street gangs by bringing together discussions on the dual concepts of social capital and “street capital.” The chapter presents an overview of the multifaceted perspectives on social capital theory and how it has been drawn on to explore and understand what may lead the most disadvantaged and vulnerable to join street gangs, before exploring the newer theory of “street capital” and …
Criminology (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (8 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · American Sports and Literature (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Gangs (4 works)