By looking at depictions and definitions that were used in Dutch publications from the 1960s until now, one can see constant reference is made to American stereotypes. Stressing the structural elements of these depictions and definitions leads to dismissing gang terminology as nonapplicable. This is the Eurogang Paradox in practice.
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Van Gemert, F. (2011). Five decades of defining gangs in the Netherlands: The Eurogang paradox in practice. In Youth Gangs in International Perspective: Results from the Eurogang Program of Research (pp. 69–83). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1659-3_5
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