Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality
The text discusses how youth violence and attempts to tackle it have changed over the past decade, through an 11 year ethnographic study of a South London housing estate. The study considers the emergence of drill music, county lines and the lowering of the threshold of when weapons are used to e...
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| Format: | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol University Press
2023
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| Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9868/1/Dealing_Music_and_Youth_Violence_Neighbourhood_Rel....pdf |
| Summary: | The text discusses how youth violence and attempts to tackle it have changed over the past decade, through an 11 year ethnographic study of a South London housing estate.
The study considers the emergence of drill music, county lines and the lowering of the threshold of when weapons are used to explore the isolated social environments so many young people find themselves in.
The book tracks how authorities have transitioned from an enforcement led to a public health approachh to tacking violence. However, considers why despite this development, youth violence remains a serious concern. |
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