Title Against youth violence : a social harm perspective / Luke Billingham and Keir Irwin-Rogers

Published Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource Series Studies in social harm series Studies in social harm. Contents Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Against Youth Violence: A Social Harm Perspective -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- About the Authors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Against Youth Violence and Against 'Youth Violence' -- A harmful society -- Why are we 'against youth violence'? -- Against youth violence as a reality: we want there to be less violence between young people Against the connotations of 'youth violence' as a descriptive label: we want there to be less misconception about young people and violence -- Against the sensationalization and industrialization of 'youth violence': we want there to be less exploitation of young people's suffering -- Structure and style -- 1 The Nature and Scale of Interpersonal Violence in Britain -- Introduction -- Sources of data: strengths and limitations -- Police recorded crime -- Hospital admissions data -- Crime Survey for England and Wales -- Interpersonal violence in England and Wales Interpersonal violence in London -- Conclusion -- 2 Developing an Approach to Social Harm -- Introduction -- Why not simply focus on 'crime' in children and young people's lives? -- From crime to social harm -- Our approach to social harm -- Human flourishing -- Human flourishing as needs fulfilment -- Human flourishing as subjective well-being -- Summarizing our approach to social harm -- Distinguishing 'social harm' from (simply) 'harm' -- Structural harm and interpersonal harm -- Direct and inherent harmfulness -- Limitations and drawbacks of our approach -- Conclusion 3 The Importance of Mattering in Young People's Lives -- Introduction -- The importance of mattering -- Black Lives Matter -- Why is the psycho-social concept of mattering helpful? -- What does it mean to matter? -- 'The terrifying abyss of insignificance' and the problem of over-entitlement: the experience of not mattering and the desire to matter 'too much' -- The cultural and emotional complexity of mattering -- The sense of mattering within individual self-narratives -- An insecure society? Social changes and global processes affecting young people's sense of mattering in Britain today Conclusion -- 4 Social Harm and Mattering in Young People's Lives -- Introduction -- Poverty and inequality -- The extent and nature of poverty and inequality affecting young people in Britain today -- The effects of poverty and inequality on children and young people's sense of mattering -- Declining welfare support: under-resourced communities and social care systems -- Schools and education -- Provision for those with additional educational needs -- School exclusions -- Recruitment, training and support for teachers: the 'teacher gap' -- Students' and parents' relationships with school staff Summary Youth violence dominates headlines and politicians' attention and many organisations invest considerable resources in an attempt to reduce it. This book examines how inequality and social harms drive such violence and highlights key future goals for policymakers, researchers and practitioners Notes Inequalities of harm and mattering in the education system Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-273 and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 25, 2022) Subject Violence -- Social aspects -- Great Britain Youth and violence -- Great Britain SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology Violence -- Social aspects Youth and violence Great Britain Form Electronic book Author Irwin-Rogers, Keir, author ISBN 1529214084 9781529214086 9781529214079 1529214076

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