The purpose of this paper is to attempt to disseminate street gang research by Hesketh (2018) that has identified young people’s perceptions between employment and criminality in areas of Merseyside becoming blurred. In particular, disenfranchised young males are turning to involvement with drug dealing street gangs as a substitute for employment.,The research involved the use of a hybrid design using an adapted version of Wengraf’s (2001) biographic narrative interpretive method as the means for data collection with Strauss and Corbin’s (1995) grounded theory approach as the means of analysis.,Such is the demand for Class A drugs in night-time economies that street gangs in areas close to such economies are adding a dark business-like dimension for which Hesketh (2018) has termed “Deviant Entrepreneurship”. This can range from selling drugs on behalf of adult organised crime figures (known on the streets of Liverpool as “grafting”) to self-employment as sole trading deviant group enterprises having several “grafts” that recent research by Robinson, McLean and Densley (2018) has noted, has extended into the annals of Criminal Child Exploitation.,Data were derived from a sample of young males, thus, no observations can be made about females involved in gangs.,The research highlights the need for more gang interventions that focus on building opportunities within marginalised areas. It also suggests as Andell (2019) points out a need for a fresh approach to countering gang culture.,The paper concludes by suggesting that Merseyside is only one in many marginalised areas of the UK facing a similar problem as young people involved in street gangs attempt to realise their potential not through legitimate employment means but through dark entrepreneurial techniques learnt from older peers and adult figures.,The findings are taken from a PhD thesis by Robert F. Hesketh University of Chester.

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嫁接：“ boyz”只是做生意吗？街头帮派中的越轨企业家精神

本文的目的是试图传播Hesketh（2018）的街头帮派研究，该研究已经确定了年轻人在默西塞德郡地区就业与犯罪之间的认识变得模糊。特别是，被剥夺了选举权的年轻男性正在转向从事毒品交易的街头帮派，以代替工作。该研究涉及使用混合设计，其中使用了Wengraf（2001）的传记叙事解释方法的改编版本作为数据收集的手段。用Strauss和Corbin（1995）的理论方法作为分析方法。在夜间经济中，对A类毒品的需求就是这样，靠近这些经济体的地区的街头帮派正在增加类似于黑斯克斯的类似于商业的维度（2018年）被称为“差异企业家精神”。范围从代表成人有组织犯罪人物（在利物浦的大街上被称为“嫁接”）出售毒品，到作为具有数种“嫁接”的唯一贸易变态集团企业的自营职业，Robinson，McLean和Densley最近进行的研究（ （2018年）已经扩展到《犯罪儿童剥削史》中。数据来自年轻男性样本，因此无法观察到涉及帮派的女性。该研究强调需要采取更多帮派干预措施专注于在边缘地区创造机会。正如安德尔（Andell（2019））指出的那样，还需要一种新的方法来对抗帮派文化。