TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cook,Elizabeth A.
TI  - Family activism in the aftermath of fatal violence
T2  - Victims, Culture and Society
SN  - 9781000289152
AV  - HV6250.25 .C676 2021eb
U1  - 362.88/152 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Victims of violent crimes
KW  - Murder victims' families
KW  - Crime victims' families
KW  - Violent crimes
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Citizen participation
KW  - Social action
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying
N2  - "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"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367823146
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -