The project examines youth groups and group crime in urban spaces, as well as the control of youth in groups. The consortium project brings youth research and criminology into active dialogue in a new way, combining ethnographic, survey and register data. By studying young people’s group relations in a multidisciplinary way and using different methods, we will gain insight into how leisure opportunities, youth cultural and group-related factors and control prevent and push young people towards crime.
The aim of the research is to produce high quality academic knowledge to inform the current public debate on youth crime, urban leisure and street gangs and the relationships between them. By providing new insights into the views and experiences of young people, we will create a deep and articulated understanding of the phenomenon and new concepts for tackling it.
The consortium includes the Finnish Youth Research Society, University of Helsinki and the University of Turku.
Seminar: Group-based Crime Among Young People
Youth violence and crime have been at the forefront of public discourse in recent years. The Group-based Crime Among Young People seminar aims to deepen our understanding of the communal and cultural factors underlying group-based youth crime. At the same time, the seminar aims to strengthen the dialogue between youth studies and criminology. Group-based Crime Among Young People seminar will be held at the House of Sciences on October 1. Register for the open seminar using the online form.
The seminar is organized by the Finnish Youth Research Society in collaboration with the Finnish Society of Criminology and it is linkedto the Y-GANG consortium Project.
- Start year:
- 2025
- End year:
- 2029
PI
Sofia Laine
PhD, title of docent in Youth Research (University of Tampere)
Research Professor
+358 44 416 5374
sofia.laine@youthresearch.fi
Project Researchers
Helena Huhta
Doctor of Social Sciences
Postdoctoral researcher, visiting researcher
+358 40 766 6890
helena.huhta@youthresearch.fi