America the Beautiful and Violent: Black Youth and Neighborhood Trauma in Chicago
ISBN: 9780231545471
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Columbia University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Youth and violence -- Illinois -- Chicago; African American youth -- Illinois -- Chicago; Urban poor -- Illinois -- Chicago;

Dexter R. Voisin provides a compelling and social-justice-oriented analysis of current trends in neighborhood violence in light of the historical and structural factors that have reproduced entrenched patterns of racial and economic inequality. He features the powerful voices and insights of black youth in Chicago and their parents and communities.

Dexter R. Voisin is a professor in the School of Social Service Administration; a faculty affiliate at the Center for the Study of Race, Culture, and Politics; and a fellow at the Center for Health and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. He is also director of the STI/HIV Intervention Network and a psychotherapist and social worker.

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