Book Review: Totten, M (2012) ‘Nasty, Brutish and Short: The Lives of Gang Members in Canada’ reviewed by John Winterdyk

In this book, Totten deftly combines his strong academic training and over 20-years of experience working with youth at risk in Canada to produce one of the most comprehensive and tour de force accountings of gangs and gang members in Canada.

Totten M. (2012) “Nasty, Brutish and Short: The Lives of Gang Members in Canada”, Lorimer Books, PB, $24.95 US (paperback), 292 pages, 9781459400399.

Reviewed by John Winterdyk, Department of Justice Studies, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB., Canada T3E 6K6

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