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America the beautiful and violent : black youth & neighborhood trauma in Chicago / Dexter R. Voisin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231545471
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HQ799 .A447 2019
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Contents:
The tale of two Americas -- Not all violence is the same : race- and place-based violence -- The road to concentrated poverty and neighborhood violence -- The scars of violence -- When violence and sex are entangled -- Living and parenting in the presence of everyday dangers -- Joining the broken pieces : practice and policy solutions and systems integrations -- Making a difference : rebuilding the village -- Notes -- Index
Subject: 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
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Includes bibliographies and index.

The beginning -- The tale of two Americas -- Not all violence is the same : race- and place-based violence -- The road to concentrated poverty and neighborhood violence -- The scars of violence -- When violence and sex are entangled -- Living and parenting in the presence of everyday dangers -- Joining the broken pieces : practice and policy solutions and systems integrations -- Making a difference : rebuilding the village -- Notes -- Index

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

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