THUG LIFE Drill music as a periscope into urban violence in the consumer age
Lynes, Adam and Kelly, Craig and Kelly, Emma (2020) THUG LIFE Drill music as a periscope into urban violence in the consumer age. British Journal of Criminology. ISSN 0007-0955
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Abstract
This paper seeks to develop an understanding of interpersonal violence within an urban landscape. An increase in violent crime has garnered intense media attention with drill—an emerging subgenre of hip hop—being sighted by media outlets as a causal factor for the rise in gang-related violence. Within this perspective, the Metropolitan Police took action, which affirmed this narrative. This paper seeks to refute such simplistic discussions of interpersonal violence whilst recognizing the opportunity such notions pose for academics to utilize knowledge of subcultures to explore possible insights into the wider understanding of violence and capitalism.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azaa011 | ||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Drill music knife crime Violence | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-02 - sociology CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-01 - social sciences (non-specific) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences > Dept. Criminology and Sociology | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Adam Lynes | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2020 05:44 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2022 03:00 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8986 |
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