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Nine lives : adolescent masculinities, the body, and violence
- Title
- Nine lives : adolescent masculinities, the body, and violence / James W. Messerschmidt.
- Author
- Messerschmidt, James W.
- Publication
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | HV6158 .M47 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 158 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Nine Lives, written by one of the most respected authorities on the subject of gender and crime, provides an account of the connection among adolescent masculinities, the body, peer abuse in schools, and violence. Drawing on penetrating life-history interviews of nine white working-class teenage boys, James W. Messerschmidt unravels some of the mysteries of teenage violence. The book is a comparative analysis of male sex offenders, assaultive offenders, and nonviolent boys, and has implications for understanding and preventing such national tragedies as the recent school shootings in the United States." "In this study, Messerschmidt literally walks in the shoes of these boys - talks to them in-depth about their experiences - and learns what they actually did and experienced in their lives that resulted in sexual or assaultive violence or nonviolence."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Crime > Sex differences > United States
- Violence > Sex differences > United States
- Masculinity > United States
- Criminal behavior > United States
- Teenage boys > United States > Psychology > Case studies
- Teenage boys > United States > Social conditions > Case studies
- Sex differences
- Social history
- Violence
- Adolescent
- Sex Characteristics
- Social Conditions
- Violence
- social history
- violence
- Social history
- Sex differences
- Crime > Sex differences
- Criminal behavior
- Masculinity
- Teenage boys > Psychology
- Teenage boys > Social conditions
- Violence > Sex differences
- Männliche Jugend
- Aggressivität
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Case Reports
- Case studies
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-154) and index.
- Contents
- Structured Action Theory 6 -- A Theorized Life History 14 -- 2 Sam, John, and Zack 25 -- 3 Hugh, Perry, and Lenny 51 -- 4 From Predisposition to Violent Event 81 -- Family, School, and Violent Predispositions 82 -- Schooling, the Body, and Motivation for Violence 90 -- Violent Events 98 -- 5 Jerry, Dennis, and Alan 107 -- 6 Nonviolence and Social Change 133 -- Violent Versus Nonviolent Boys 133 -- Difference with Equality 139.
- ISBN
- 0813366666
- 9780813366661
- 0813366674
- 9780813366678
- LCCN
- 99045726
- OCLC
- ocm42296731
- 42296731
- SCSB-964627
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library