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America the Beautiful and Violent : Black Youth and Neighborhood Trauma in Chicago /

Widespread media narratives portray an epidemic of neighborhood violence in urban areas-often ignoring the structural explanations advanced by community organizers fighting violence and activists such as those in the Movement for Black Lives. In this book, Dexter R. Voisin provides a compelling and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Voisin, Dexter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2019]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 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