Dead-End Lives: Drugs and Violence in the City Shadows - Paperback

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.