Simon Harding

Simon Harding is a senior lecturer at Middlesex University and joint Head of the Urban Neighbourhoods Research Unit (UNRU). He has extensive practitioner and professional experience in crime reduction and community safety including working for the Home Office as Regional Crime Advisor (London). He is the author of numerous community safety audits, strategies and award winning projects. Simon’s recent work has focussed on urban street gangs in the UK. In 2005-08 he organised the Lambeth Gangs Commission and managed London’s largest anti-gangs project (The Phoenix Project). Since 2012 Simon has published three books, Unleashed: the phenomena of status dogs and weapon dogs (2012); Unleashed (2014) reprinted with new chapter; and his latest theoretical exposition on gang crime, The Street Casino: Survival in Violent Street Gangs (2014). This latest work has just been awarded the Frederick Milton Thrasher Award for 2014 for Superior Gang Research.

Publications

Global Perspectives on Youth Gang Behavior, Violence, and Weapons Use
Global Perspectives on Youth Gang Behavior, Violence, and Weapons Use
Simon Harding, Marek Palasinski. © 2016. 425 pages.
Youth violence has become a concern as gangs become a popular option for urban children and teenagers and weapons use among young populations becomes more prevalent. Exploring...
From “Little Flowers of the Motherland” into “Carnivorous Plants”: The Changing Face of Youth Gang Crime in Contemporary China
From “Little Flowers of the Motherland” into “Carnivorous Plants”: The Changing Face of Youth Gang Crime in Contemporary China
Simon Harding. © 2016. 31 pages.
This chapter considers youth offending and youth justice in contemporary China noting significant changes due to the rapid economic transformation. Once famous for its low crime...