Dados Bibliográficos

Resumo

This investigation is a case study of the responses of children and their parents to a murder in their neighborhood. Through participant observation and intensive interviews with parents, the authors describe how parents took action both collectively and individually to manage their children's fears and to find meaning in an act of unusual brutality and deceit. The authors anticipated correctly that this study could provide an opportunity to examine the potential impact of distal violence on middle-class children. An unanticipated outcome was the substantial effect of the homicide on the neighborhood parents themselves as reflected in their sense-making activities that continued long after the resolution of the murder itself.

Obras Relacionadas