Criminal gangs have been part of our society since well before we had a police force.

In most cases, they limit their role in communities to simply providing illicit services. Some though go further and start to act as informal systems of governance. They play a role which in normal circumstances would be the preserve of the state.

In this week's episode we look at a paper called , "Criminal governance in a large European city: The case of gangs in London." It’s written by Paolo Campana, Federico Varese, and Cecilia Meneghini, and published in the European Journal of Criminology. 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14773708251315581

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