Killing Time: The Role of Boredom in Glasgow Gangs

Johanne Miller
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Boredom may be one of the largest maladies of the modern world. A phenomenon which has increasingly become embedded in our social structures. Yet, as a concept within criminology there is a dearth of knowledge concerning it, despite the influence it has on offending and offending behaviours. Through a constructivist grounded theory (CGT) methodology with gangs in Glasgow, insights are shared, exploring how and in what ways boredom affects gang members and the strategies employed to alleviate it. This paper applies Svendsen’s (2005) existential definition of boredom and explores the concepts of temporality, meaning-making and agency as occurring at the nexus of boredom and excitement-seeking behaviours for Glasgow gang members.
消磨时间:无聊在格拉斯哥帮派中的作用
无聊可能是现代世界最大的弊病之一。这种现象已日益融入我们的社会结构。然而,作为犯罪学中的一个概念,尽管它对犯罪和犯罪行为有影响,但有关它的知识却十分匮乏。通过对格拉斯哥帮派的建构主义基础理论(CGT)方法,本文分享了对无聊的见解,探讨了无聊如何以及以何种方式影响帮派成员,以及缓解无聊的策略。本文运用斯文森(2005 年)对无聊的存在主义定义,探讨了格拉斯哥帮派成员在无聊和寻求刺激行为之间的时间性、意义生成和代理概念。
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