Juvenile Offenders and Guns: Voices Behind Gun Violence

by Diane Marano

Book Overview

Juvenile Offenders and Guns explores how and why twenty-five incarcerated young men of color acquired and used guns, and how guns made them feel. Guns have multiple meanings and serve many purposes for these youth as they attempt to construct a capable masculinity in their worlds, growing up in homes where money is often scarce and fathers absent.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137520132
• ISBN13: 9781137520135
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"