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Youth Violence—Crime or Self-Help? Marginalized Urban Males' Perspectives on the Limited Efficacy of the Criminal Justice System to Stop Youth Violence

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2009-05, Vol.623 (1), p.25-38 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright 2009 The American Academy of Political and Social Science ;Copyright SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. May 2009 ;ISSN: 0002-7162 ;EISSN: 1552-3349 ;DOI: 10.1177/0002716208330484 ;CODEN: AAYPAV

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Title:
Youth Violence—Crime or Self-Help? Marginalized Urban Males' Perspectives on the Limited Efficacy of the Criminal Justice System to Stop Youth Violence
Author: Wilkinson, Deanna L. ; Beaty, Chauncey C. ; Lurry, Regina M.
Subjects: African Americans ; Communities ; Crime ; Criminal justice ; Criminal justice system ; Criminals ; Criminology ; Disadvantaged ; Effectiveness ; Efficacy ; Gangs ; Guns ; Justice ; Juvenile Delinquency ; Juvenile justice ; Juvenile Offenders ; Males ; Marginality ; Marginalized people ; Men ; Neighborhoods ; New York ; New York City ; New York City, New York ; Offenders ; Patterns ; Personal safety ; Police ; Protection ; Safety ; Self Help ; Social Control ; Sociologists ; U.S.A ; Urban areas ; Urban crime ; Urban violence ; Violence ; Violent crime ; Violent crimes ; Violent offenders ; Youth
Is Part Of: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2009-05, Vol.623 (1), p.25-38
Description: In 1983, sociologist Donald Black proposed the theory of "Crime as Social Control," in which he argued that for the socially disadvantaged, crime is commonly moralistic and can be characterized as self-help in the pursuit of justice when legal protection fails. This article uses Blacks theory as a framework to assess the role of violence among African American male youth in disadvantaged urban communities in New York City. Using in-depth interview data for 416 young violent male offenders, the authors analyze youths' perspectives on their personal safety; access to legal, governmental, and communal protection from violence; the effectiveness of the criminal justice system and police in addressing crime and violence in their neighborhoods; and the need to rely on self-and group/gang-protection as a means of social control. The implications for self-help theory are discussed.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0002-7162
EISSN: 1552-3349
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208330484
CODEN: AAYPAV
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection

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Youth Violence—Crime or Self-Help? Marginalized Urban Males' Perspectives on the Limited Efficacy of the Criminal Justice System to Stop Youth Violence

Copyright 2009 The American Academy of Political and Social Science ;Copyright SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. May 2009 ;ISSN: 0002-7162 ;EISSN: 1552-3349 ;DOI: 10.1177/0002716208330484 ;CODEN: AAYPAV

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