The Milltown Boys at Sixty

The Origins and Destinations of Young Men from a Poor Neighbourhood
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-72522-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 357 g

The Milltown Boys at Sixty is a story like no other, giving both an insider and an outsider view of the ‘Milltown Boys’, exploring the nature of an ethnographic relationship based on research about their experiences of the criminal justice system.

A group classically labelled as delinquents, drug-takers and drop-outs, the Boys were also, in many different ways, fathers, friends and family men, differentially immersed in the labour market, in very different family relationships and now very differently connected to criminal activity. Williamson has written books capturing their experiences over the fifty years of his continued association with them: about their teenage years; and twenty years later, in middle-age. This book is about them as they pass the age of 60, providing a personal account of the relationship between Williamson and the Boys, and the distinctive – perhaps even controversial – research methodology that enabled the mapping of their lives. It provides a unique and detailed insight into the ways in which the lives of the Milltown Boys that started with such shared beginnings have unfolded in so many diverse and fascinating ways.

These accounts will be of interest to the lay reader curious about the way others have managed (or failed to manage) their lives, the professional who works with those living, often struggling, on the wrong side of the tracks, and the academic researching and teaching about social exclusion, substance misuse, criminal justice transitions and the life course.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williamson, Howard

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part One

1. Marty’s Funeral

2. Getting Started (again)

3. Methodology

Part Two

4. Origins and Destinations

5. Employment

6. Family and Relationships

7. Crime

8. Health

9. Housing

10. Beliefs

11. Leisure

12. Closer than Family

13. Identity and Self-Image

Part Three

14. Looking Back

15. Some Final Thoughts

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Howard Williamson is Professor of European Youth Policy at the University of South Wales. His academic work has focused on youth, social exclusion and public policy. He recently completed the editing of a seven-volume History of Youth Work in Europe, published by the Council of Europe.