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Neighborhoods and Youth Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Neighborhood Mechanisms

Woodson, Tanisha Kimberly Tate
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9334-4149
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1454080785

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Social Welfare.
The present study uses secondary data transcripts from in-depth interviews conducted with Latino and African-American youth and their primary caregivers (N = 79) from Denver, Colorado. This study uses a constructivist grounded theory approach to elucidate the factors associated with the witnessing, victimization or perpetration of youth violence. The study also seeks to explore the congruence or incongruence between the perspectives of primary caregivers and their young adult children regarding the association between neighborhood contextual factors and youth violence. Findings from the study identified three risk factors (deviant peer affiliation; lack of formal social control; and exposure to violence) and two protective factors (availability of local institutional resources and social ties and informal social control) associated with youth violence. Results from the dyadic analysis suggest that the majority of the dyads were congruent (e.g., the pair shared similar perceptions of the neighborhood and its impact on youth violence). This study offers a more nuanced explanation of these mechanisms by describing the various pathways by which they operate. The study concludes by providing programmatic and policy recommendations for youth violence prevention programs which highlight the importance of strengthening community-level youth development resources, improving relations between local police forces and residents, and strengthening social bonds among residents.
Anna Maria Santiago (Committee Chair)
Megan Holmes (Committee Member)
David Hussey (Committee Member)
Tim Black (Committee Member)
235 p.
Social Research; Social Work; Welfare
Neighborhood Effects; Youth Violence; Neighborhood Risk and Protective Factors; Dyadic Analysis; Constructivist Grounded Theory

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  • Woodson, T. K. T. (2016). Neighborhoods and Youth Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Neighborhood Mechanisms [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1454080785

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Woodson, Tanisha . Neighborhoods and Youth Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Neighborhood Mechanisms. 2016. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1454080785.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Woodson, Tanisha . "Neighborhoods and Youth Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Neighborhood Mechanisms." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1454080785

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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