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Author Winlow, Simon.

Title Violent night : urban leisure and contemporary culture / Simon Winlow and Steve Hall.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 224 pages 24 cm)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and indexes.
Contents Introduction--contemporary youth identities in context -- Working to live : contemproary youth indenties and labour markets -- Instrumentalism in relationships, culture, and education -- Young people, the culture industry, and the night-time economy -- Alcohol, violence, and the drudgery of seeking pleasure -- Victims' stories -- Perpetrators' stories -- Policemen's stories.
Summary Using insider accounts, this title presents the underlying causes and meanings of violence. Interviews with the police, the perpetrators, and the victims of violence depict the complex emotions that surround the perpetration and resolution of crime. It shows that a new approach is needed to deal with nihilism and escalating hostility.
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Subject Youth and violence -- England, North East.
Youth and violence.
Urban violence -- England, North East.
Urban violence.
Urban youth -- Recreation -- England, North East.
Urban youth -- Recreation.
Urban youth.
Youth -- England, North East -- Social conditions.
Youth.
Social conditions.
Youth -- England, North East -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Youth -- England, North East -- Attitudes.
Counterculture -- England, North East.
Counterculture.
Subculture -- England, North East.
Subculture.
England, North East -- Moral conditions.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1995-2006
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Youth.
Subcultures.
Added Author Hall, Steve, 1955-
Other Form: Print version: Winlow, Simon. Violent night. Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2006 (DLC) 2006007278
ISBN 9781847882257 (electronic book)
1847882250 (electronic book)
1845201647 (paperback)
9781845201647 (paperback)
1845201639 (hardback)
9781845201630 (hardback)