The Resource A peculiar indifference : the neglected toll of violence on black America, Elliott Currie
A peculiar indifference : the neglected toll of violence on black America, Elliott Currie
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- Summary
- "In the United States today, a young black man has a sixteen times greater chance of dying from violence than his white counterpart. Violence takes more years of life from black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined. Even black women are more affected by violence than white men, despite its usual gender patterns. These disparities translate into starkly divergent experiences of life and death for whites and blacks in the United States. Yet aside from occasional flare-ups of violence that periodically hit the headlines, the problem has largely receded into the background of public discussion and has nearly disappeared as a target of public policy. The country has been understandably outraged by the recent spate of police shootings of black Americans. But as acclaimed criminologist Elliott Currie points out, the far more widespread problem of "everyday" violent death and injury in black communities has received much less sustained attention or concern. Yet both kinds of violence reflect the same underlying condition: the continuing marginality and structural disadvantage of many black communities in America today. Our unwillingness to confront those conditions helps to perpetuate a level of preventable trauma and needless suffering that has no counterpart anywhere in the developed world. Compelling and accessible, drawing on a rich array of both classic and contemporary research, A Peculiar Indifference describes the dimensions and consequences of this enduring emergency, explores its causes, and offers an urgent plea for long-overdue social action to end it"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 276 pages
- Contents
-
- Dimensions
- Impacts
- Explanations, I: Pioneers
- Explanations, II: Contemporaries
- Remedies
- Isbn
- 9781250769930
- Label
- A peculiar indifference : the neglected toll of violence on black America
- Title
- A peculiar indifference
- Title remainder
- the neglected toll of violence on black America
- Statement of responsibility
- Elliott Currie
- Title variation
- Neglected toll of violence on black America
- Subject
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- African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- African Americans -- Violence against | History -- 21st century
- History
- Race discrimination
- 2000-2099
- Race relations
- Social justice
- Social justice -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 21st century
- Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- African Americans -- Economic conditions
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the United States today, a young black man has a sixteen times greater chance of dying from violence than his white counterpart. Violence takes more years of life from black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined. Even black women are more affected by violence than white men, despite its usual gender patterns. These disparities translate into starkly divergent experiences of life and death for whites and blacks in the United States. Yet aside from occasional flare-ups of violence that periodically hit the headlines, the problem has largely receded into the background of public discussion and has nearly disappeared as a target of public policy. The country has been understandably outraged by the recent spate of police shootings of black Americans. But as acclaimed criminologist Elliott Currie points out, the far more widespread problem of "everyday" violent death and injury in black communities has received much less sustained attention or concern. Yet both kinds of violence reflect the same underlying condition: the continuing marginality and structural disadvantage of many black communities in America today. Our unwillingness to confront those conditions helps to perpetuate a level of preventable trauma and needless suffering that has no counterpart anywhere in the developed world. Compelling and accessible, drawing on a rich array of both classic and contemporary research, A Peculiar Indifference describes the dimensions and consequences of this enduring emergency, explores its causes, and offers an urgent plea for long-overdue social action to end it"--
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- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Currie, Elliott
- Dewey number
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- 305.896073
- 305.800973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.615
- LC item number
- .C87 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Race discrimination
- Social justice
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Social justice
- United States
- United States
- Label
- A peculiar indifference : the neglected toll of violence on black America, Elliott Currie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-265) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Dimensions -- Impacts -- Explanations, I: Pioneers -- Explanations, II: Contemporaries -- Remedies
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250769930
- Lccn
- 2020013956
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1156417693
- (OCoLC)on1156417693
- Label
- A peculiar indifference : the neglected toll of violence on black America, Elliott Currie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-265) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Dimensions -- Impacts -- Explanations, I: Pioneers -- Explanations, II: Contemporaries -- Remedies
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250769930
- Lccn
- 2020013956
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1156417693
- (OCoLC)on1156417693
Subject
- African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- African Americans -- Violence against | History -- 21st century
- History
- Race discrimination
- 2000-2099
- Race relations
- Social justice
- Social justice -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 21st century
- Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- African Americans -- Economic conditions
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