Juvenile offenders and guns : voices behind gun violence / Diane Marano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marano, Diane, Author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquents--United States.

Juvenile delinquents.

Firearms and crime--United States.

Firearms and crime.

Youth and violence--United States.

Youth and violence.

Firearms ownership--United States.

Firearms ownership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Juvenile Offenders and Guns explores how and why twenty-five incarcerated young men of color acquired and used guns, and how guns made them feel. Guns have multiple meanings and serve many purposes for these youth as they attempt to construct a capable masculinity in their worlds, growing up in homes where money is often scarce and fathers absent.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Making Meaning from Guns; 2 Consuming Violence, Constructing Masculinity; 3 Consuming Guns: Pathways to Gun Acquisition; 4 Producing Violence: "You Gotta Have a 'Don't Care' Attitude"; 5 Consumed by Violence: Negative Outcomes, Uncertain Outlooks; 6 Conclusion: "A Gun Is a Key to Anything You Wanna Do"; Appendix A: Interview Protocol; Appendix B: Demographic and Data Snapshot of Participants; Appendix C: Background Information on Individual Participants; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137520142

1137520140

OCLC:

918891906