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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Main Author: Alexander, James
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: 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
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description 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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spelling oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:98682024-11-25T14:58:25Z https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9868/ Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality Alexander, James 300 Social sciences 360 Social problems & services; associations 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. Bristol University Press 2023-01-17 Monograph NonPeerReviewed text en https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9868/1/Dealing_Music_and_Youth_Violence_Neighbourhood_Rel....pdf Alexander, James (2023) Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality. Technical Report. Bristol University Press, Bristol.
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Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality
title Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality
title_full Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality
title_fullStr Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality
title_full_unstemmed Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality
title_short Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality
title_sort dealing music and youth violence neighbourhood relational change isolation and youth criminality
topic 300 Social sciences
360 Social problems & services; associations
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