Delinquency Among Members of Hong Kong Youth Street Gangs: The Role of the Organizational Structures of Gangs and Triad Affiliations

Chui, Wing Hong; Khiatani, Paul Vinod

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“…The drawing up of policies on welfare reforms in the 1960s marks one of the first attempts by the government to solicit assistance from academic sociologists.3 Social problems have since remained as a key area of development in sociology departments. Criminologists have studied many facets of drug use and substance abuse including gender and drug sales (Moloney et al, 2015), life satisfaction among young users (Cheung et al, 2016), juvenile delinquency and street gangs (Chui & Khiatani, 2018), human trafficking in Asia (M. Lee, 2014).4 In contrast, downsizing of research units within government departments have seen the same units becoming archives. It remains unclear how archival data would be saved and used in future restructuring exercises of government departments.…”

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The Production of Contemporary Sociological Knowledge in Hong Kong

Tang¹

2021

J Historical Sociology

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This paper explores the development of academic sociology in Hong Kong since the expansion of higher education and increased student enrolment in the nineties. Colleges gained university titles and sociology departments matured as a result. I attempt to trace the current state of sociology in teaching programs and research directions. I conclude with a discussion of future developments with specific reference to the repositioning of Hong Kong within sociology as the former British colony continue to negotiate, navigate and grapple its relationship with Mainland China both as a productive site for sociological research and a reference point to be different in method. | CARPE DIEMIt might have been odd to begin a sociological essay using Horace's phrase "carpe diem" as an opening quote. But if one may indulge in the moment, in the sociological imagination of the day, it is perhaps befitting to understand the development of academic sociology in Hong Kong at this moment as urgent and pertinent. Academic scholarship on the historical development of academic sociology in Hong Kong is scarce. Preliminary search has often pointed to Rance Lee Pui-Leung's articles on the establishment of sociology departments in universities and their differences in approaching the subject matter, along with the research topics of the time. Two publications are particularly useful in summarizing the development of academic sociology from its beginning in the 1950s to early 1990s. The first article by R. P. L. Lee (1987) titled "Sociology in Hong Kong" was published in the journal, International Review of Modern Sociology. A later 1993 paper co-authored by Lee Pui-Leung and Lau Siu-Kai titled "The Birth and Growth of Academic Sociology in Hong Kong" was published by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Both articles provide us with a thorough description and analysis of the historical development of sociology as a discipline in Hong Kong. † I would first like to thank Chen Hon-Fai for his invitation to participate in "Facing the West: Circulation, Cooperation and Contestation in the Post-War

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The Production of Contemporary Sociological Knowledge in Hong Kong

Tang¹

2021

J Historical Sociology

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“…Decker et al (2008), showed that the more the gang is organized, the more likely its members involve in violent offences like drug sales and violent harassments. Chui and Khiatani (2018), identified three kinds of organized criminal gangs. The first one is a criminal gang purposefully structured to facilitate self-interest (ibid.).…”

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“…According to Chui and Khiatani (2018), the second kind of gangs is that of unstructured bodies. Such kind of criminal gangs experienced unorganized activities and there are no common agreements as well as controlling returns (ibid.).…”

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Emergence of Youth Criminal Groups Popularly Known as Panya Road and Ubaya Ubaya in Tanzania: The Case of Dar es Salaam City and Zanzibar Town

Mohamed¹,

Mussa²

2019

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This paper focused on analysis of emergence of criminal groups in Dar es Salaam city and Zanzibar town. Data collection was based on in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Content analysis was used in analysis of data collected from the study. The study findings revealed that youths are vulnerable and susceptible to criminal activities due to corruption, fake promises from politicians, education systems, laxity of parental or guardians’ care and inspiration of children to live luxurious life. In addition, the study recommended to take proper moves that police operation and other government authorities undertake on use of force that cannot end such societal challenges. Instead, the government should provide education system, which is skilled oriented to enable young people to employ themselves. In addition, more efforts are needed to fight corruption from low level to high level of government system.

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“…Street gangs are a growing problem internationally, with countries including the UK, USA, Sweden, China, and the Netherlands reporting a marked increase in street gang membership (e.g., Chui and Khiatani 2018;Roks and Densley 2020;Rostami 2017). In the UK alone, the number of street gang affiliated youths has seen a dramatic increase over a five-year period.…”

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Street Gang Intervention: Review and Good Lives Extension

Mallion

Wood

2020

Social Sciences

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Tackling street gangs has recently been highlighted as a priority for public health. In this paper, the four components of a public health approach were reviewed: (1) surveillance, (2) identifying risk and protective factors, (3) developing and evaluating interventions at primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary intervention stages, and (4) implementation of evidence-based programs. Findings regarding the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programs for street gang members were mixed, with unclear goals/objectives, limited theoretical foundation, and a lack of consistency in program implementation impeding effectiveness at reducing street gang involvement. This paper proposes that the Good Lives Model (GLM), a strengths-based framework for offender rehabilitation, provides an innovative approach to street gang intervention. Utilizing approach-goals, the GLM assumes that improving an individual’s internal skills and external opportunities will reduce the need to become involved in street gangs. Wrapping the GLM framework around current evidence-based interventions (e.g., Functional Family Therapy) increases client engagement and motivation to change, which is notably poor amongst those at risk of, or involved in, street gangs.

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Delinquency Among Members of Hong Kong Youth Street Gangs: The Role of the Organizational Structures of Gangs and Triad Affiliations

Cited by 9 publications

References 36 publications

The Production of Contemporary Sociological Knowledge in Hong Kong

The Production of Contemporary Sociological Knowledge in Hong Kong

Emergence of Youth Criminal Groups Popularly Known as Panya Road and Ubaya Ubaya in Tanzania: The Case of Dar es Salaam City and Zanzibar Town

Street Gang Intervention: Review and Good Lives Extension

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