Juvenile offenders and guns : voices behind gun violence

Resource Information

The work Juvenile offenders and guns : voices behind gun violence represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Juvenile offenders and guns : voices behind gun violence

Title remainder

voices behind gun violence

Statement of responsibility

Diane Marano

Creator

• Marano, Diane

Subject

• Firearms and crime -- United States
• Firearms ownership
• Firearms ownership -- United States
• Förenta staterna
• Juvenile delinquents
• Juvenile delinquents -- United States
• Firearms and crime
• Ungdomar
• Ungdomsbrottslingar
• United States
• Våld
• Youth and violence
• Youth and violence -- United States
• Skjutvapen

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

364.360973

Index

index present

LC call number

HV9104

LC item number

.M2647 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography