The Impact of Globalization, Migration, and Social Group Processes on Neo-Nazi Youth Gangs

Gang Transitions and Transformations in an International Context

“…Thus, gang members rely heavily on the Internet, as expected from their membership in the "net-generation" (Mesch 2009 ;Prensky 2001 ). These fi ndings are compatible with prior research on gangs and the web (Madden et al 2013 ;Pyrooz et al 2015 ;Sela-Shayovitz 2012b ). Gang members in Israel reported more virtual time and a higher level of technological knowledge than the US sample.…”

“…The analysis indicates that level of online piracy was relatively high, while the level of involvement in other forms of online crime and deviance was low (<10 %). Thus, gang members' online activities are marginally related to crime, which indicates that overall they are still far from fully utilizing the benefi ts of the Internet for offending Sela-Shayovitz 2012b ).…”

“…Consequently, extreme groups such as cults (Dawson and Hennebry 1999 ), terrorist groups (Weimann 2004 ;Weimann 2006 ), and hate and racial supremacy groups (Corb 2011 ;Gerstenfeld et al 2003 ; Sela-Shayovitz 2012b ) have become widespread and mainly appeal to the young. The Internet provides an effi cient infrastructure for these groups to broadcast their ideology and propaganda and to recruit new members (Corb 2011 ;Reid and Chen 2002 ;Sela-Shayovitz 2012b ). The Internet may facilitate the formation of new deviant subcultures that had not existed previously such as websites that are designed to promote and support eating disorders or cutting and other forms of self-harm (Boniel-Nissim and Latzer 2011 ).…”

“…Thus, it appears that once gang members acquire more computer skills, their online criminal activity increases and converges with offl ine settings Sela-Shayovitz 2012b ). However, it is important to note that a low level of involvement in online offending is also related to the gang members' concerns about police surveillance of the web (Densley 2012 ;Sela-Shayovitz 2012b ).…”

Why Do Flemish Youth Participate in Right-Wing Disruptive Groups?

“…Therefore, the present study aims at filling this gap by testing an integrative model of participation in right-wing extremist groups. Qualitative studies on neoNazi gangs and racist groups have supplied us with detailed information concerning motives for entry (Bjørgo, 2002;Sela-Shayovitz, 2012). In contrast, this contribution will analyse the role of social-psychological mechanisms on participation in right-wing extremist groups.…”