Youth Violence
(see also Gangs & Organized Crime)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Blood in the Schoolyard. Award-winning 1994 Cincinnati Post series on teen killings.
Clearinghouse on Urban Education. Strategies to reduce school violence
Columbine Tragedy & Recovery. On-going Denver Post series on Columbine killings & their consequences.
Join Together. Take action against substance abuse & gun violence.
National Council on Crime & Delinquency/Children's Research Center.
National Youth Violence Prevention
Resource Center
Working Against Violence Everywhere (WAVE)
In the Library: Articles
Argenti, N. "Air youth: performance, violence & the state in Cameroon," Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 4,4 (12/98):753-82.
Barber, B.K. "Political violence, family relations, & Palestinian youth functioning," Journal of Adolescent Research 1,2 (4/99):206-30.
__________. "Political violence, social integration & youth functioning: Palestinian youth from the Intifada," Journal of Community Psychology 29,3 (5/01):259-80.
Baron, S.W.; D.R. Forde & L.W. Kennedy. "Rough justice: street youth & violence," Journal of Interpersonal Violence 16,7 (7/01):662-78.
Blumstein, A. "Youth violence, guns, & the illicit-drug industry," Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 86,1 (fall 95):10-36.
Buka, S.L.; T.L. Stichick, I. Birdthistle & F.J. Earls. "Youth exposure to violence: prevalence, risks, & consequences," American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 71,3 (7/01):298-310.
Colomy, P. & L.R. Greiner. "Making youth violence visible: the news media & the summer of violence," Denver University Law Review 77,4 (2000):661-88.
Curtis, R. "The improbable transformation of inner-city neighborhoods: crime, violence, drugs, & youth in the 1990s," Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 88,4 (sum 98):1233-76.
Etzioni, Amitai. "Youth violence: an "over-determined" problem," Responsive Community 9,4 (fall 99).
Everett, A. "PC youth violence: "what's the internet or video gaming got to do with it?" Denver University Law Review 77,4 (2000):689-98.
Hagan, J. & H. Foster. "Youth violence & the end of adolescence," American Sociological Review 66,6 (12/01):874-99.
Halliday-Boykins, C.A. & S. Graham. "At both ends of the gun: testing the relationship between community violence exposure & youth violent behavior," Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 29,5 (10/01):383-402.
Harrison, L.D.; P.G. Erickson, E. Adlaf & C. Freeman. "The drugs-violence nexus among American & Canadian youth," Substance Use & Misuse 36,14 (2001):2065-86.
Hine, T. "Teenagers & crime," American Heritage 50,5 (9/99).
Jenson, J.M. & M.O. Howard. "Causes & prevention of youth violence," Denver University Law Review 77,4 (2000):629-60.
Kennedy, D.M.; A.M. Piehl & A.A. Braga. "Youth violence in Boston: gun markets, serious youth offenders, & a use-reduction strategy," Law & Contemporary Problems 59,1 (win 96):147-96.
Kramer, R.C. "Poverty, inequality, & youth violence," Annals of the American Academy of Political & Social Science 567 (1/00):123-39.
Myers, M.A. & V.L.S. Thompson. "The impact of violence exposure on African American youth in context," Youth & Society 32,2 (12/00):253-67.
Osgood, D.W. & J.M. Chambers. "Social disorganization outside the metropolis: an analysis of rural youth violence," Criminology 38,1 (2/00):81-115.
Page, R.M. & J. Hammermeister. "Weapon-carrying & youth violence," Adolescence 32, 127 (fall 97):505-13.
Purkayastha, B. "Liminal lives: South Asian youth & domestic violence," Journal of Social Distress & the Homeless 9,3 (7/00):201-19.
Rosenfeld, R.; T.M. Bray & A. Egley. "Facilitating violence: a comparison of gang-motivated & nongang youth homicides," Journal of Quantitative Criminology 15,4 (12/99):495-516.
Welch, M.; E.A. Price & N. Yankey. "Moral panic over youth violence: wilding & the manufacture of menace in the media," Youth & Society 34,1 (9/02):3-30.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Aronson, Elliot. Nobody Left to Hate: Teaching Compassion after Columbine (NY: Worth, 2000).
Ascione, Frank R. Animal Abuse & Youth Violence (Washington: US Dept. of Justice, 2001).
Atehortua Cruz, Adolfo; José Joaquín Bayona Esguerra y Alba Nubia Rodríguez Pizarro. Sueños de inclusión: las violencias en Cali, años 80 (Bogotá: Cinep, 1998).
Bernstein, Saul. Alternatives to Violence: Alienated Youth & Riots, Race, & Poverty (NY: Association, 1967).
Berzano, Luigi. Giovani e violenza: comportamenti colettivi in area metropolitana
Bing, Leon. Do or Die: The Bloods & the Crips Speak for Themselves (NY, 1989).
Brownstein, Henry H. The Social Reality of Violence & Violent Crime (Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2000).
Coleman, Doriane Lambelet. Fixing Columbine: The Challenge to American Liberalism (Durham NC: Carolina Academic, 2002).
Cook, Philip J. & John H. Laub.
After the Epidemic: Recent Trends in Youth Violence in the US (Cambridge
MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2001).
Decker, Scott H. & Barrik Van Winkle. Life in the Gang. Family, Friends,
& Violence (Cambridge, 1996).
Diogenes, Gloria. Cartografias da cultura e da violencia: gangues, galeras e o movimento hop-hop (São Paulo: Annablume, 1998).
Dorsey, Jason Ryan. Can Students End School Violence? Solutions from America's Youth (?: Golden Ladder, 200?).
Duhon-Sells, R.M. Dealing with Youth Violence: What Schools & Communities Need to Know
Fernández Villanueva, Concepción; Roberto Domínguez Bilbao, Juan Carlos Revilla Castro y Leonor Gimeno Giménez (eds.) Jóvenes violentos: causas psicosociológicas de la violencia en grupo (Barcelona: Icaria, 1998).
Flannery, R.B. Jr. Preventing Youth 'Violence: A Guide for Parents, Teachers & Counselors
Gabaldón, Luis Gerardo y Carlos Suyín Serrano. Violencia urbana: perspectivas de jóvenes transgresores y funcionarios policiales en Venezuela (Caracas: U. Andrés Bello, 2001).
Gaines, Donna. Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids (NY: Pantheon, 1991).
Garbarino, James. Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent & How We Can Save Them (NY: Free Press, 1999).
Giroux, H.A. Fugitive Cultures: Race, Violence, & Youth
Goldberg, Julie H. & William Schwabe. How Youthful Offenders Perceive Gun Violence (Santa Monica CA: RAND, 1999).
Goodman, G.S. Reducing Hate Crimes & Violence among American Youth: Creating Transformational Agency through Critical Praxis
Goodwin, William. Teen Violence (San Diego: Lucent, 1998).
Grossman, Dave. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War & Society (Boston: Little, Brown, 1995).
Hinds, Michael. Violent Kids: How Can We Change the Trend? (Dubuque IA: Kendall/Hunt, 2000).
Hine, Thomas. The Rise & Fall of the American Teenager (NY: HarperCollins, 2000).
Hoffman, Allan M. & Randal W. Summers (eds.) Teen Violence: A Global View (Westport CT: Greenwood, 2001).
Howell, J.C. Juvenile Justice & Youth Violence
Jelen, Christian. La guerre des rues: la violence et les jeunes (Paris: Plan, 1998).
Jordan, Susanne. Adolescent Violence in Cities from a Public Health Perspective: A Global Health Problem Presented within a Comprehensive Framework (Lage, Germany: H. Jacobs, 2000).
Marks, Monique. Young Warriors: Youth Politics, Identity & Violence in South Africa (Johannesburg: Witwatersrand U, 2001).
Marquez, R. The Street is My Home: Youth & Violence in Caracas (1999).
May, David C. Adolescent Fear of Crime, Perceptions of Risk, & Defensive Behaviors: An Alternative Explanation of Violent Delinquency (Lewiston NY: E. Mellen, 2001).
Measor, Lynda & Peter Squires. Young People & Community Safety: Inclusion, Risk, Tolerance & Disorder (Burlington VT: Ashgate, 2000).
Moore, Mark H; Carol V. Petrie, Anthony A. Braga & Brenda L. McLaughlin (eds.) Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence (Lexington KY: U. Kentucky, 2002).
Newman, Katherine S. Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings (NY: Basic Books, 2005).
Nicholl, Ruaridh. White Male Heart (London: Doubleday, 2001).
Pinderhughes, Howard. Race in the Hood: Conflict & Violence among Urban Youth (Minneapolis: U. of Minnesota, 1997).
Richman, Jack M. & Mark W. Fraser
(eds.) The Context of Youth Violence: Resilience, Risk, & Protection
(Westport CT: Praeger, 2001).
Rodriguez, Luis. Hearts & Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times
(NY: Seven Stories, 2001).
Pinderhughes, Howard. Pacesetting. Race in the Hood. Conflict & Violence
Among Urban Youth (Minneapolis, 1997).
Sheley, J.F. & J.D. Wright. In the Line of Fire: Youth, Guns, & Violence in Urban America
Straker, G. Faces in the Revolution: The Psychological Effects of Violence on Township Youth in South Africa
Waiselfisz, Julio Jacobo. Mapa da violencia: os jovens do Brasil (Rio: Instituto Ayrton Senna, 1998).
Watts, Meredith W. (ed.) Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Youth & Violence (Stamford CT: JAI, 1998).
Wertham, Frederic. The Circle of Guilt (NY, 1956). Case study of a child killer.
Wolfe, David A.; Christine Wekerle
& Katreena Scott. Alternatives to Violence: Empowering Youth to Develop
Healthy Relationships (Thousand Oaks CA: Sage, 1997).
Yablonsky, Lewis. The Violent Gang (NY: Macmillan, 1962).
__________. Gangsters. Fifty Years of Madness, Drugs, & Death on the Streets of America (NY:NYU, 1997).
Zimring, Franklin E. American Youth Violence (NY: Oxford, 1998).
In the Library: Fiction
Shriver, Lionel. We Need to Talk About Kevin (NY: Counterpoint, 2003).
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