Recreational rioting: Young people, interface areas and violence
| Autor: | Neil Jarman, Chris O'halloran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Community and Home Care
Community based Health (social science) Interface (Java) media_common.quotation_subject Alienation Gender studies Boredom Sectarian violence Pediatrics Education Working class Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Violent behaviour medicine.symptom Psychology Recreation media_common |
| Zdroj: | Child Care in Practice. 7:2-16 |
| ISSN: | 1476-489X 1357-5279 |
| Popis: | Over the past four or five years there have been growing problems of violent behaviour by young people in working class areas in Belfast. A new term 'recreational rioting' has been coined to describe the low-level but persistent trouble caused by children and youths at interface areas across the city. Such trouble is frequently an adjunct to the rising tensions of the 'marching season', but in many areas it also has its own dynamic born of boredom, frustration and alienation from the larger community. This paper explores the nature of interface violence that is generated by young people; it discusses the nature of interfaces and the particular problems faced by young people in such areas. It describes, in their own words, why interfaces are attractive places for them and why outbreaks of sectarian violence occur with such regularity at specific times of the year. It then goes on to discuss some of the responses that have been initiated by community based organisations to try to prevent outbreaks ... |
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