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Urban Gun Violence explains the abuse of automatic weapons and identifies way to mitigate this abuse.
Table des matières
- Dedication and Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Section 1: Urban Gun Violence
- Chapter 1: Overview and Context
- Chapter 2: An Overview of Urban Self Help Organizations
- Chapter 3: Three Case Illustrations (Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C.)
- Section 2: Multifaceted Dimensions
- Chapter 4: Understanding the Crisis of Urban Gun Violence
- Chapter 5: Social, Political, Economic, and Cultural Perspectives
- Chapter 6: Approaches to Preventing and Intervening with Gun Violence
- Chapter 7: Cross-Cutting Themes
- Chapter 8: Recommendations for Education, Research, and Community Practice
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
A propos de l'auteur
Melvin Delgado, PhD, is Professor of Social Work at Boston University School of Social Work. He is the former Chair of the Department of Macro Practice there. He has 40 years of practice, research, and scholarship published on urban population groups with focused work with the Latinx community. Delgado 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).
Résumé
Urban Gun Violence explains the abuse of automatic weapons and identifies way to mitigate this abuse.
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This book is an important read at a time when federal and state resources are expanding community violence intervention work; self-help groups may not be on the radar of government agencies or funding entities...The evidence Melvin marshals draws a critical reflection of how Black and Latinx lives are valued, and his analysis is an important contribution to scholarship and advocacy efforts to advance neighborhood safety.
