Harcourt, Bernard E., 1963-

Language of the gun youth, crime, and public policy / [electronic resource] : Bernard E. Harcourt. - University of Chicago Press, 2006. - 1 online resource (xiii, 278 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-269) and index.

Catalina Mountain School, Tucson, Arizona -- A road map of the Catalina interviews -- Symbolic dimensions and primary meanings -- Three clusters of primary meanings -- Placing the clusters in practice contexts -- The sensual, moral, and political dimensions of guns -- Sartre and the phenomenological gaze -- Lévi-Strauss and the structural map -- Bourdieu and practice theory -- Butler and the performative -- Embracing the paradigm of dirty hands -- A genealogy of the youth gun field -- The landscape of law and public policy -- Leaps of faith in Levitt and Bourgois -- Making ethical choices in law and public policy.

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Catalina Mountain School.
Catalina Mountain School.


Juvenile delinquents--Attitudes.--Arizona--Tucson
Firearms--Social aspects.
Youth and violence.
Firearms and crime.
Firearms ownership--United States.
Gun control--United States.
Social sciences--Philosophy.
Jeunes délinquants--Attitudes.--Arizona--Tucson
Armes à feu--Aspect social.
Violence chez les jeunes.
Armes à feu et criminalité
Armes à feu--Possession--États-Unis.
Armes à feu--Contrôle--États-Unis.
Sciences sociales--Philosophie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Violence in Society.


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