Urban violence
A quest for meaning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3615631 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sophie Body‐gendrot (Sorbonne Université, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 525-536 |
| Publication date | 1995-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369183x.1995.9976510 |
| OpenAlex | W1978915013 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
Urban ‘violence’ is interpreted in its sociological sense and as an interplay between stereotyped representations and the reality that ‘dangerous classes’ experience in their environment. Why is the city referred to as a dangerous place? Assumptions are made about: the selective coverage of the media which increases feelings of insecurity and movements of privatisation and retreat; the impact of hasty and cheap urban design devaluing people's identity; the consequences of territorial isolation and of social exclusion. External dynamics and larger processes impacting upon vulnerable populations’ trajectories and on specific urban areas’ development are then analysed. Finally, violence in French inner‐cities and the Los Angeles riots of 1992 illustrate problematic (and sometimes innovative) forms of urban violence
Aesthetics · Criminology · Feeling · Identity (music) · Isolation (microbiology) · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Social exclusion · Sociology · French Urban and Social Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Highly cited | No |