America the Beautiful and Violent - Black Youth and Neighborhood Trauma in Chicago

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.

List of 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

About the author

Dexter R. Voisin is dean of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and the Sandra Rotman Chair in Social Work at the University of Toronto. He is also a psychotherapist and social worker.

Summary

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.

Additional text

Most discussions of violence focus on its horrors and have the tendency to portray perpetrators in a stereotypical manner. This book, on the other hand, has the potential to deepen our understanding of violence and shed light on solutions.

Product details

• Authors: Dexter Voisin, Dexter (Professor Voisin
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780231184403
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18440-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Violence in society, Social research & statistics, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social research and statistics, Violence and abuse in society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Social discrimination and social justice