University of Oxford University of Northampton Pace University
Alma mater
St. Antony's College, Oxford
Occupation
Professor
Employer
Metropolitan State University
Known for
Gang Research Criminology Sociology
Awards
2022 Minnesota Book Awards 2017 Points of Light
Website
http://www.jamesdensley.com
James Densley (born April 13, 1982) is a British-American sociologist and Professor of Criminal Justice at Metropolitan State University. He is best known as co-founder of The Violence Project[1] and as co-author of the bestselling book, The Violence Project: How To Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic.[2] Densley has also published extensively on street gang issues and has been described as "among the most accomplished rising leaders of modern gang research in criminology."[3] He was one of the top 250 most cited criminologists in the world in 2019.[4]
Densley is known for his ethnography of gang life in London, England,[5] and his applications of economic signalling theory to gang membership.[6][7][8] Densley's research examines group processes in gangs and compares gangs with other violent collectives such as hate groups and terror groups.[9][10] He once compared the Islamic State to a “street gang on steroids”.[11] Densley writes about the “glocalisation” of gang culture,[12] cyber violence,[13] and the role of rap music and social media in gang violence.[14][15][16]
^"Mass Shooting Data & Research". The Violence Project. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^Peterson, Jillian; Densley, James (7 September 2021). The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic. Abrams Press. ISBN 978-1419752957.
^Piquero, Alex R. (10 May 2018). "Linking Race-Based Perceptions of Gangs to Criminals and Athletes". Society. 55 (3): 237–242. doi:10.1007/s12115-018-0244-z. ISSN 0147-2011. S2CID 150286013.
^Baas, Jeroen; Boyack, Kevin; Ioannidis, John P. A. (19 October 2021). "August 2021 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"". 3. Elsevier BV. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.3. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^Densley, James A. (2013). How gangs work : an ethnography of youth violence. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137271518. OCLC 842155883.
^Densley, James A. (1 August 2012). "Street Gang Recruitment: Signaling, Screening, and Selection". Social Problems. 59 (3): 301–321. doi:10.1525/sp.2012.59.3.301. ISSN 0037-7791.
^Densley, James A.; Pyrooz, David C. (2 August 2017). "A Signaling Perspective on Disengagement from Gangs". Justice Quarterly. 36: 31–58. doi:10.1080/07418825.2017.1357743. ISSN 0741-8825. S2CID 148914158.
^Pyrooz, David C.; Densley, James A. (9 December 2015). "Selection into Street Gangs". Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 53 (4): 447–481. doi:10.1177/0022427815619462. ISSN 0022-4278. S2CID 146763436.
^Densley, James; Peterson, Jillian (1 February 2018). "Group Aggression". Current Opinion in Psychology. 19: 43–48. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.03.031. PMID 29279221.
^Pyrooz, David C.; Densley, James A. (1 June 2018). "On Public Protest, Violence, and Street Gangs". Society. 55 (3): 229–236. doi:10.1007/s12115-018-0242-1. ISSN 1936-4725. S2CID 149677533.
^Densley, James (7 October 2014). "ISIS: The street gang on steroids". CNN.
^Van Hellemont, Elke; Densley, James A (7 March 2018). "Gang glocalization: How the global mediascape creates and shapes local gang realities" (PDF). Crime, Media, Culture. 15: 169–189. doi:10.1177/1741659018760107. ISSN 1741-6590. S2CID 148637493.
^Peterson, Jillian; Densley, James (2017). "Cyber violence: What do we know and where do we go from here?". Aggression and Violent Behavior. 34: 193–200. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2017.01.012. ISSN 1359-1789. S2CID 151762431.
^Storrod, Michelle L.; Densley, James A. (28 November 2016). "'Going viral' and 'Going country': the expressive and instrumental activities of street gangs on social media". Journal of Youth Studies. 20 (6): 677–696. doi:10.1080/13676261.2016.1260694. ISSN 1367-6261. S2CID 151516320.
^Lauger, Timothy R.; Densley, James A. (19 June 2017). "Broadcasting Badness: Violence, Identity, and Performance in the Online Gang Rap Scene". Justice Quarterly. 35 (5): 816–84. doi:10.1080/07418825.2017.1341542. ISSN 0741-8825. S2CID 149250807.
^Irwin-Rogers, Keir; Densley, James; Pinkney, Craig (4 January 2018), Gang Violence and Social Media, Routledge, pp. 400–410, ISBN 9781138668188, retrieved 3 August 2018
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