Description |
xvii, 212 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
"Rich, chair of the department of health management and policy at the Drexel University School of Public Health, considers the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder on the survivors. His account is professional, as he finds analogies between his subjects and combat veterans and victims of sexual assault, and personal, as he reports how spending hours and days with these young men transformed him. Although Rich's research spans two decades, he focuses most sharply upon four young men he encountered at Boston City Hospital. The high level of violence in their communities makes young men feel physically, psychologically, and socially unsafe, Rich observes; thus, ironically, these violent young men seem to be looking for safety in a violent world. " - Publishers Weekly |
Contents |
Kari in pain -- Roy in prerelease -- Jimmy in the hospital -- Jimmy in the street -- In the wrong place -- A stone in the heart -- Roy in D.C. -- Kari in the clinic -- Mark in the neighborhood -- Kari in his grandmother's house -- Jimmy in jail -- Roy in the pizzeria -- Roy back in touch -- Roy settles in. |
Subject |
African American young men -- Violence against -- United States.
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African American young men. |
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United States. |
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Victims of violent crimes -- Care -- United States.
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Victims of violent crimes. |
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Youth and violence -- United States.
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Youth and violence. |
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African American young men -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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African American young men -- United States -- Psychology.
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Psychology. |
ISBN |
9780801893636 hardback alkaline paper |
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0801893631 hardback alkaline paper |
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