![]() | Family Activism in the Aftermath of Fatal Violence Subjects: Behavioral Sciences; Health and Social Care; Law; Social Sciences; Criminology - Law; Socio-Legal Studies; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Mental Health; Health & Society; Social Work and Social Policy; Sociology & Social Policy; Death Studies; Death and Dying; Child and Family Social Work; Crime and Society; Criminal Justice - Criminology; Socio-Legal Studies - Public Policy; Sociology of the Family; Criminal Justice; Violent Crime; Victims and Victimology; Forms of Crime; Punishment and Penalty; Medical Sociology; Social Policy; Family Activism in the Aftermath of Fatal Violence explores how family and family activism work at the intersection of personal and public troubles and considers what influence family testimonies of fatal violence can have on matters of crime, justice, and punishment. The problem of fatal violence represents one end of a long continuum of violence that marks society, the effects of which endure in families and friends connected through ties of kinship, identity and social bonds. The aftermath of fatal violence can therefore be an intensely personal encounter which confronts families with disorder and uncertainty. Nevertheless, bereaved families are often found at the forefront of efforts to expose injustice, rouse public consciousness, and drive forward social change that seeks to prevent violence from happening again. This book draws upon ethnographic research with those bereaved by gun violence who became involved in family activism in the context of fatal violence: namely, the attempts by bereaved families to manage their experiences of violent death through public expressions of grief and become proxies for wider debates on social injustice. This is an ever more pressing issue in a landscape which increasingly sees the delegation of responsibility to families and communities that are left to deal with the aftermath of violence. An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, cultural studies, and all those interested in learning more about the after-effects of fatal violence. Elizabeth A. Cook is a Lecturer in the Violence and Society Centre at City, University of London. Previously, she worked at the Universities of Oxford and Manchester. She researches in the areas of family, family activism and fatal violence.
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