Voisin America the Beautiful and Violent

Black Youth and Neighborhood Trauma in Chicago
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-54547-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Dexter R. Voisin provides a compelling and social-justice-oriented analysis of current trends in neighborhood violence in light of the historical and structural factors that have reproduced entrenched patterns of racial and economic inequality. He features the powerful voices and insights of black youth in Chicago and their parents and communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Voisin, Dexter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Beginning
2. The Tale of Two Americas
3. Not All Violence Is the Same: Race- and Place-Based Violence
4. The Road to Concentrated Poverty and Neighborhood Violence
5. The Scars of Violence
6. When Violence and Sex Are Entangled
7. Living and Parenting in the Presence of Everyday Dangers
8. Joining the Broken Pieces: Practice and Policy Solutions and Systems Integration
9. Making a Difference: Rebuilding the Village
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dexter R. Voisin is a professor in the School of Social Service Administration; a faculty affiliate at the Center for the Study of Race, Culture, and Politics; and a fellow at the Center for Health and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. He is also director of the STI/HIV Intervention Network and a psychotherapist and social worker.