Wrong Place, Wrong Time Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men

Name: Wrong Place, Wrong Time Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men
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ISBN: 9780801893636

ISBN-10: 0801893631

ISBN-13: 9780801893636

Edition: 2009

Authors: John A. Rich

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Medical school taught John A. Rich how to deal with physical trauma in a big city hospital but not with the disturbing fact that young black men were daily shot, stabbed, and beaten. This is Rich's account of his personal search to find sense in the juxtaposition of his life and theirs.Young black men in cities are overwhelmingly the victims -- and perpetrators -- of violent crime in the United States. Troubled by this tragedy -- and by his medical colleagues' apparent numbness in the face of it -- Rich, a black man who grew up in relative safety and comfort, reached out to many of these young crime victims to learn why they lived in a seemingly endless cycle of violence and how it affected…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 12/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Kari in Pain



Roy in Prerelease



Jimmy in the Hospital



Jimmy in the Street



In the Wrong Place



A Stone in the Heart



Roy in D.C.



Kari in the Clinic



Mark in the Neighborhood



Kari in His Grandmother's House



Jimmy in Jail



Roy in the Pizzeria



Roy Back in Touch



Roy Settles In


Conclusion


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Note on Sources