Gangs II

A few weeks ago, I wrote that I had read Ross Kemp's book - Gangs. I have now read the sequel.

Gangs II is written in the same way to its predecessor. It is split up into chapters with each chapter detailing Kemp's interaction with gangs from a different place or country.

In this book, the author ventures to - Colombia, Poland, East Timor, Los Angeles, Kenya and Liverpool.

I was, once again, amazed at how Kemp managed to earn the gangs trust while carrying out his work. As I said in the other post, I haven't been able to see the television series that these books are based on so these books have been enlightening on gang culture.

Out of all these new chapters, the Kenyan visit was the once which the most shocking. It was such an eye-opener. Scary, too. In fact - some of the people Kemp meets on his travel in this country end up abducted and murdered by the time he has left.

The Liverpool chapter was also one of the most interesting considering it was a lot closer to home and is worrying for Britain and not just that part of Britain.

When I wrote about Gangs, I noted how I would try and seek out episodes of the series now that I had read the book. I still intend to carry out this promise to myself even though I'm sure a chapter in one of these books doesn't have content issues that you would expect from a one hour television episode.