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Juvenile Offenders and Guns: Voices Behind Gun Violence

By Diane Marano

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2015
ISBN
1137520132, 9781137520135
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3467604 bytes)
Pages
viii+210\219
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2015-11-17 16:59:27
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Description

Juvenile Offenders and Guns explores how and why twenty-five incarcerated young men of color acquired and used guns, how guns made them feel, and how they felt about the violence in which they participated as well as the violence to which they were exposed as victims and witnesses. Through their narratives, patterns emerge of boys attempting to become men in homes headed by mothers who struggled financially, the multiple attractions of the street that exceeded those of school, and the risks of the street lifestyle that prompted these youth to arm themselves. Guns, long a part of both American history and myth, arise here as having multiple meanings and serving many symbolic and practical purposes for these youth, from protection to constructing a capable masculinity adapted to their lifestyle in the streets.

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