Silent Epidemic of Gun Injuries - Challenges and Opportunities for Treating and Preventing Gun Injuries

The Silent Epidemic of Gun Injuries explains the effects of injuries from gun violence in the United States. Through case studies and statistics, Melvin Delgado explores the physical and emotional effects of gun injuries as well as their social, cultural, and economic impact on communities. Further, he explains how communities and social work professionals can respond to the epidemic of gun injuries.

List of contents

• Section 1: Grounding Gun Injuries


• Chapter 1: Context Setting


• Chapter 2: Gun Injury Research and Statistics


• Chapter 3: Gun Injuries


• Section 2: Social Science Perspectives on Gun Injuries


• Chapter 4: Social Perspective


• Chapter 5: Cultural Perspective


• Chapter 6: Economic Perspective


• Section 3: Community-Centered Approaches and Urban Cases


• Chapter 7: Community Interventions and Gun Injuries


• Chapter 8: Case #1: Chicago's Good Kids Mad City's (GKMC) Stop The Bleed (STB)


• Chapter 9: Case #2: Open Doors (Paralyzed Gun Victims)


• Section 4: Recommendations for Advancing the Field


• Chapter 10: Professional Education


• Chapter 11: Research


• Chapter 12: Community Practice


• References

About the author

Melvin Delgado, PhD, is Professor of Social Work at Boston University School of Social Work where he previously served as Chair of the Department of Macro Practice. He has focused his professional and academic career on developing urban-based outreach, research, and service-delivery models stressing participatory democratic principles. His work tackles a variety of social issues, and he has published numerous articles and 30 books on topics surrounding urban community practice. He is currently the Series Editor for Social Justice and Youth Community Practice (Oxford University Press).

Product details

• Authors: Melvin Delgado, Melvin (Professor Delgado, Melvin (Professor of Social Work Delgado, Delgado Melvin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2022
• EAN: 9780197609767
• ISBN: 978-0-19-760976-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Emergency Management, Police & security services, Emergency Services, Police and security services