gangs

Gang stories - Photo: a member of the MS-13 gang behind bars in a prison in El Salvador

Gang stories : another way of looking at violence

15 November 2024 by Dennis Rodgers

Gangs and gangsters fascinate. What’s particular about them is not the violence, which can be found in all quarters of our societies, but the way in which they represent it most vividly and, somehow, honestly. The GANGS project, d [...]

Gangs and transitional justice - Photo: Young people take part in a sports event in Marseille's northern suburbs, where violence is rife.

Are gangs a topic for transitional justice?

14 November 2024 by Dennis Rodgers

Recognising that gangs are fundamentally embedded social phenomena, intimately linked to the urban fabric in which they operate, and that their violence intersects with other forms of social, structural, state or environmental bru [...]

Mafias, gangs, cartels: mass violence that escapes transitional justice. Illustration: 3 men in hooded sweatshirts are dressed like gang members. In the background, a map of the world.

Mafias, gangs, cartels: mass violence that escapes transitional justice

19 September 2024 by Golnouche K. Barzegar

Almost 40% of homicides worldwide are linked to organised crime. According to the 2023 report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), between 2015 and 2021, organised crime caused around 700,000 deaths, a number c [...]