Family Activism in the Aftermath of Fatal Violence explores how family
and family activism work at the intersection of personal and public
troubles and considers what influence family testimonies of fatal
violence can have on matters of crime, justice, and punishment. The
problem of fatal violence represents one end of a long continuum of
violence that marks society, the effects of which endure in families
and friends connected through ties of kinship, identity and social
bonds. The aftermath of fatal violence can therefore be an intensely
personal encounter which confronts families with disorder and
uncertainty. Nevertheless, bereaved families are often found at the
forefront of efforts to expose injustice, rouse public consciousness,
and drive forward social change that seeks to prevent violence from
happening again. This book draws upon ethnographic research with those
bereaved by gun violence who became involved in family activism in the
context of fatal violence: namely, the attempts by bereaved families
to manage their experiences of violent death through public
expressions of grief and become proxies for wider debates on social
injustice. This is an ever more pressing issue in a landscape which
increasingly sees the delegation of responsibility to families and
communities that are left to deal with the aftermath of violence. An
accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and
scholars of criminology, sociology, cultural studies, and all those
interested in learning more about the after-effects of fatal violence.
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ISBN
9781000289152
Publisert
2020
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1. utgave
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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