Dennis Rodgers’

Gangs’stories: From the streets of Dhaka to human-rights advocacy in Bangladesh

In addition, my research proposes that young people – like Sharif, who become involved in the lower echelons of these criminal enterprises, should be conceptualised as ‘illicit child labourers’ rather than gang members, which risks criminalising them, or as victims, which denies their agency and capacity to make choices.