Dead-End Lives: Drugs and Violence in the City Shadows - Paperback
Dead-End Lives: Drugs and Violence in the City Shadows - Paperback
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by Daniel Briggs (Author), Rubén Monge Gamero (Author)
Using vivid testimonies and images, Briggs and Monge document the stories and situations of the people who live in Valdemingómez, placing them in a political, economic and social context.
Author Biography
Dr Daniel Briggs is a Consultant to the British Foreign Office who works part time at the Universidad Europea in Madrid, Spain. As a researcher, writer and inter-disciplinary academic who studies social problems, he has undertaken ethnographic research into social issues from street drug users to terminally ill patients; from refugees to prostitutes; and from gypsies to gangs and deviant youth behaviours. He also lectures across the social sciences and has published widely. Rubén Monge Gamero has a first-class undergraduate degree in Criminology from Universidad Europea and his final year project was based on participant observation of Valdemingómez. He recently concluded a Masters in Intelligence Analysis and hopes to be a police officer.
