"If They Could Make Us Disappear, They Would!" Youth and Violence in Cite Soleil, Haiti

Autor/inn/en	Willman, Alys; Marcelin, Louis Herns
Titel	"If They Could Make Us Disappear, They Would!" Youth and Violence in Cite Soleil, Haiti
Quelle	In: Journal of Community Psychology, 38 (2010) 4, S.515-531 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-4392
DOI	10.1002/jcop.20379
Schlagwörter	Violence; Ethnography; Foreign Countries; At Risk Persons; Youth; Urban Areas; Social Problems; Conflict; Social Justice; Activism; Interviews; Focus Groups; Juvenile Gangs; Crime; Delinquency; Sexual Abuse; Social Attitudes; Social Bias; Gender Differences; Educational Attainment; Religion; Family Structure; Haiti + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Ethnografie; Ausland; Risikogruppe; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Urban area; Stadtregion; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Konflikt; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Jugendbande; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Kriminalität; Sexueller Missbrauch; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem
Abstract	This study explores community-level risk and protective factors for youth violence in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince's most violent slum. The youth of Cite Soleil have often been mobilized to violence by powerful actors as tools for achieving political or financial gain. Drawing on a formal survey (N=1,575) and ethnographic data collected between March 2008 and April 2009, we analyze the factors that contributed--and continue to contribute--to making these youth available for such mobilization. Youth frame their experiences in terms of a broader social conflict between the "included" and the "excluded," and view violence as an effective means of obtaining what is denied to them by society: opportunity, respect, and material benefits. The experiences from Haiti offer important lessons in understanding the community level drivers of youth violence, and can contribute to policy approaches that go beyond stabilization measures toward addressing structural violence. (Contains 3 tables and 8 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10