Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts : Uncovered / edited by Rachel Locke, Kelsey Paul Shantz, Andrei Serbin Pont, Jai-Ayla Sutherland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Locke, Rachel, Editor.

Paul Shantz, Kelsey., Editor.

Serbin Pont, Andrei, Editor.

Sutherland, Jai-Ayla., Editor.

Series:

Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology, 2947-9363

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal behavior.

Criminology.

Peace.

Victims of crimes.

Urban policy.

Social justice.

Criminal Behavior.

Crime Control and Security.

Peace and Conflict Studies.

Victimology.

Urban Policy.

Social Justice.

Local Subjects:

Criminal Behavior.

Crime Control and Security.

Peace and Conflict Studies.

Victimology.

Urban Policy.

Social Justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXXIV, 540 p. 96 illus., 49 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2026.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026.

Summary:

This open access book represents a multiyear exploration into identity-based mass violence (IBMV) within urban contexts. It explores the complexities of structural and acute violence in cities, drawing on local solutions rooted in the fields of urban violence prevention, atrocity prevention, and peacebuilding. The authors present a multidimensional approach that addresses sexual and gender-based violence, racial and ethnic violence, gang or group-based violence, state-perpetrated violence, political violence, violence against migrants, and others. The volume investigates the outsized influence of power in shaping how violence is understood and how prevention outcomes are evaluated. The chapters span scholarship, practical guidance, and lived experience of enduring and bearing witness to IBMV. This volume speaks directly to reform-minded partners and allies in policy and practice, as well as to funders and supporters. It provides a practical foundation for collaborative, prevention-focused action and policy opportunities. Rachel Locke is Director of the Violence, Inequality and Power Lab at the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego, USA. Locke co-founded Peace in Our Cities, a diverse global network driven by a shared vision of healthy, peaceful, and prosperous cities where serious violence is prevented through rights-based, evidence-informed policy and practice. Kelsey Paul Shantz is Program Officer for mass violence and atrocities at the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, USA. Her prior research has spanned topics of global macro and microeconomics, peacebuilding, and defense and security. Andrei Serbin Pont is President of CRIES (Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales), and Regional Coordinator for Social and Economic Research. He is also CEO of InnovAcción Hub, Regional Representative for the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), and Adjunct Director of Pensamiento Propio. Jai-Ayla Sutherland is Program Officer for mass violence and atrocities at the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, USA. In addition to her work focused on the prevention of mass violence across the globe, she has served as city councilor in Casper, Wyoming, USA.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Identity Based Mass Violence and Cities An Introduction

Chapter 2: My Homeland Is Not for Sale On the Destruction of Cities

Chapter 3: Paper City and Papers Cities Lambe Lambe and Young People

Chapter 4: Using Evidence and Data to Monitor Identity Based Mass Violence

Chapter 5: What Dwells in Casa de Luz

Chapter 6: Understanding Structural Acute and Mass Identity Based Violence in Cities as Process

Chapter 7: Urban Patterns of Segregation and Violence in Jerusalem

Chapter 8: The Next Big Thing A Preamble to Urban Atrocities in Four Acts

Chapter 9: Empire Saved My Life

Chapter 10: Urban Mechanisms of Armed Violence Exclusionary Boundaries and Acute Forms of Spatial Division

Chapter 11: Tearing the Seams Cycles of Structural and Acute Violence in Aleppo

Chapter 12: Nourish You

Chapter 13: Reimagine Reclaim and Repurpose Urban Space for Justice and Healing

Chapter 14: From the Jungle to the City Ashas Journey

Chapter 15: Toward Urban Violence Prevention Committing to a Multisite Ethics of Care

Chapter 16: We Want to Learn Restorative Justice to Protect Black Girls in Education

Chapter 17: Identifying Amplifying and Learning from Local Peacebuilders A Transformative Journey

Chapter 18: Mending the Fabric Healing Communities Through Trauma Resilience and Awareness

Chapter 19: Urban Planning with Identity Exploring Alternative Methods and Possibilities for Preventing Identity Based Mass Violence

Chapter 20: Harnessing Art and Crowdsourcing to Prevent Gender Based Violence

Chapter 21: Urban Violence Common Elements of Good and Promising City Led Prevention and Protection Practices

Chapter 22: To Get Revenge or Not That Is the Question

Chapter 23: Hafiz

Chapter 24: Policy Recommendations and Ways Forward

Chapter 25: Identity Based Mass Violence and Cities Concluding Thoughts.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-031-98068-9

9783031980688

OCLC:

1561172936