Synopsis
Ex-gang member Graeme Armstrong tries to understand why young people are seduced by the perceived glamour and excitement of gang.
- Programme: Street Gangs
- Series: 1
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Scotland
- Broadcast year: 2023
- Sociology | How are youth subcultures formed? Why do they develop? | Theoretical views of the role of youth culture and subcultures: functionalism, Marxism/neo-Marxism, feminism, postmodernism. Subcultures.
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