America's safest city: delinquency and modernity in suburbia
"Since the mid-1990s, the fast-growing suburb of Amherst, NY has been voted by numerous publications as one of the safest places to live in America. Yet, like many of America's seemingly idyllic suburbs, Amherst is by no means without crime...especially when it comes to adolescents. In Ame...
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Zusammenfassung: | "Since the mid-1990s, the fast-growing suburb of Amherst, NY has been voted by numerous publications as one of the safest places to live in America. Yet, like many of America's seemingly idyllic suburbs, Amherst is by no means without crime...especially when it comes to adolescents. In America's Safest City, noted juvenile justice scholar Simon I. Singer uses the types of delinquency seen in Amherst as a case study illuminating the roots of juvenile offending and deviance in modern society. If we are to understand delinquency, Singer argues, we must understand it not just in impoverished areas, but in affluent ones as well.Drawing on ethnographic work, interviews with troubled youth, parents and service providers, and extensive surveys of teenage residents in Amherst, the book illustrates how a suburban environment is able to provide its youth with opportunities to avoid frequent delinquencies. Singer compares the most delinquent teens he surveys with the least delinquent, analyzing the circumstances that did or did not lead them to deviance and the ways in which they confront their personal difficulties, societal discontents, and serious troubles. Adolescents, parents, teachers, coaches and officials, he concludes, are able in this suburban setting to recognize teens' need for ongoing sources of trust, empathy, and identity in a multitude of social settings, allowing them to become what Singer terms 'relationally modern' individuals better equipped to deal with the trials and tribulations of modern life. A unique and comprehensive study, America's Safest City is a major new addition to scholarship on juveniles and crime in America".. |
Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | XII, 305 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
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adam_text | TRADIT IONAL DELINQUENCY THEORY
IS
STEEPED IN THE WORLD OF IMPOVERISHED INNER CIT IES AND TOUGH STREET
CORNERS. YET TODAY
T HE
SPRAWLING SUBURBS ARE THE SET T ING FOR MILLIONS OF ADOLESCENT S
STRUGGLING TO MAKE THEIR WAY
IN
A
COMPLEX AND
T ECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED
WORLD.
EVEN
IN
AMERICA S
SAFEST SUBURBAN ENCLAVES*T YPICALL Y SHOW ERED
WIT H
WEALT H AND
SOCIAL
SERVICES*T H E
LANDSCAPE
IS CHALLENGING AND DOES NOT CONFORM TO POPULAR STEREOT YPES. COMBINING
A
RICH SET OF
ORIGINAL OBSERVATIONS, DET AILED PERSONAL INT ERVIEW S, AND SURVEYS,
SIMON
I.
SINGER
SHOW S THAT WHILE VIOLENT CRIME
IS
RARE, MANY
A
SUBURBAN TEEN IS FALT ERING. DELINQUENCY AND DRUG USE ARE RAMPANT AND
SUICIDE
TEARS AT THE
SOCIAL
FABRIC.
SINGER S
NUANCED DATA AND CONCEPT UALIZATION OF RELATIONAL MODERNIT Y PROVIDE
A
FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON THE
SOURCES
OF
DELINQUENCY IN CONT EMPORARY SOCIET Y.
*
ROBERT
J. SAM PSON,
AUTHOR
OF
GREATAMERICAN
CITY
NO ONE SHOULD WRIT E ABOUT DELINQUENCY, JUVENILE JUSTICE, OR SUBURBAN
YOUT H WIT HOUT
REFERENCING THIS BOOK.
SINGER
PROVIDES
A FASCINATING LOOK INT O THE SUBURBANIZED
LIVES
OF ADOLESCENT S, AND HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO AVOID THE CRIMINALIT Y OF
LESS
AFFLUENT ,
INNER-CIT Y YOUT H. HE ACCOMPLISHES EVEN MORE BY DRAWING ON
A
RELATIONALLY MODERN THEORY OF OFFENDING AND IT S
CONT ROL,
AND IN SO DOING MOVES CRIMINOLOGY BEYOND IT S EARLY TW ENT IET H-CENT
URY INNER-CIT Y FOCUS INT O TODAY S CONT EMPORARY
W ORLD
OF
SAFE
CIT Y YOUT H.
*
JOH N
HA G AN,
AUTHOR
OF
WHO ARE
THE
CRIMINALS?
THIS
BOOK PRESENT S A THOUGHT -PROVOKING AND VERY READABLE ACCOUNT OF WHY
SOME (MOSTLY AFFLUENT SUBURBAN) CIT IES ARE
RELATIVELY SAFE, WHILE OT HER (MOSTLY IMPOVERISHED INNER) CIT IES ARE
NOT .
SINGER
DESCRIBES HOW ADOLESCENT S IN
SAFE
CIT IES
BENEFIT
FROM MANY
SOURCES
OF
SOCIAL
SUPPORT THAT HELP THEM TO MAKE
A
SUCCESSFUL
TRANSIT ION INT O YOUNG ADULT HOOD.
* DAVI D
P. FARRINGTON, AUTHOR
OF
SAVING
CHILDREN
FROM
A
LIFE
OF
CRIME
SINCE THE
MID-1
990S,
TH E FAST-GROWING SUBURB OF AMHERST, NEW
YORK,
HAS
BEEN
VOTED
BY NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS AS ONE OF THE
SAFEST
PLACES
TO
LIVE
IN AMERICA. YET,
LIKE
MANY OF AMERICA S SEEMINGLY
IDYLLIC
SUBURBS, AMHERST IS BY NO
MEANS
WITHOUT CRIME*
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES
TO
ADOLESCENTS.
IN AMERICA S SAFEST CITY, NOTED JUVENILE JUSTICE
SCHOLAR SIMON I. SINGER DRAWS ON THE TYPES OF DELINQUENCY
SEEN
IN AMHERST TO ILLUMINATE
THE ROOTS OF JUVENILE OFFENDING AND DEVIANCE IN MODERN SOCIETY. THROUGH
ETHNOGRAPHIC
RESEARCH,
SINGER ILLUSTRATES HOW A
SAFE
SUBURBAN
CITY
IS ABLE TO PROVIDE ITS YOUTH
WITH
OPPORTUNITIES TO AVOID BECOMING HIGH-OFFENDING DELINQUENTS.
PARENTS, TEACHERS,
COACHES,
AND
OFFICIALS,
HE CONCLUDES, ARE ABLE IN THIS SUBURBAN SETTING TO RECOGNIZE
TEENS
NEED
FOR ONGOING
SOURCES
OF TRUST, EMPATHY, AND IDENTITY,
ALLOWING
THEM TO
BECOME
WHAT
HE TERMS RELATIONALLY MODERN INDIVIDUALS, BETTER EQUIPPED TO DEAL
WITH
THE TRIALS AND
TRIBULATIONS
OF MODERN
LIFE.
SJAAON I. SINGE R
I S PROFESSOR OF
CRIMINOLOGY
AND
CRIMINAL
JUSTICE AT
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY.
HE IS
THE AUTHOR
OF RECRIMINALIZJNG DELINQUENCY:
VIOLENT
JUVENILE
CRIME
AND
JUVENILE
JUSTICE
REFORM (1996),
WINNER
OF THE
AMERICAN
SOCIOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION S 1999
DISTINGUISHED
SCHOLAR
AWARD
IN
CRIME,
LAW, AND DEVIANCE.
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title_auth | America's safest city delinquency and modernity in suburbia |
title_exact_search | America's safest city delinquency and modernity in suburbia |
title_full | America's safest city delinquency and modernity in suburbia Simon I. Singer |
title_fullStr | America's safest city delinquency and modernity in suburbia Simon I. Singer |
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