ON THE EDGE - A HISTORY OF POOR BLACK-CHILDREN AND THEIR AMERICAN DREAMS - NIGHTINGALE,CH

Authors
HALPERN R
Citation
R. Halpern, ON THE EDGE - A HISTORY OF POOR BLACK-CHILDREN AND THEIR AMERICAN DREAMS - NIGHTINGALE,CH, The Social service review, 69(1), 1995, pp. 131-151
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work
Journal title
The Social service review → ACNP
ISSN journal
00377961
Volume
69
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
131 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-7961(1995)69:1<131:OTE-AH>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
This essay reviews two documents-a book and a newspaper series-that di scuss inner-dry children's growing exposure to and involvement with vi olence. The essay focuses particularly on inner-city youths' struggle to find a workable way of coping with the stresses and assaults (both physical and psychological) they experience and on the effects on iden tity development.