"Hoodies are usually in their early to late teens. They cruise dark streets and shopping malls looking to create mayhem; last May, England's largest shopping center banned the wearing of hooded sweatshirts. Hoodies accrue 'ASBOS'—slang for 'anti-social behavior orders'—which they flaunt as badges of their indecency. The hoodie has become symbolic of England's juvenile delinquency: Earlier this month, the BBC published the results of a survey that said that 15-year-old English boys ate dinner with their families less often than their European peers. Any guess what these boys are wearing?"
Bryan Curtis in Slate discusses Britain's latest moral panic.
And in The New York Times, Denis Wilson traces the evolution of the garment in the United States.
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