Women's Danger Management Strategies in an Inner-City Housing Project

Autor/inn/en	Jarrett, Robin L.; Jefferson, Stephanie M.
Titel	Women's Danger Management Strategies in an Inner-City Housing Project
Quelle	In: Family Relations, 53 (2004) 2, S.138-147 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0197-6664
DOI	10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00004.x
Schlagwörter	Housing; Females; Public Housing; Violence; Low Income Groups; African Americans; Child Safety; Crime Prevention; Coping; Family Life; Mothers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterkunft; Weibliches Geschlecht; Sozialer Wohnungsbau; Gewalt; Afroamerikaner; Bewältigung; Mother; Mutter
Abstract	The danger management strategies of low-income African American women who live in a public housing community characterized by chronic violence are examined. Based on qualitative interviews with 18 single mothers, we explored the violent community dangers with which women contend, the nature of this violence, the strategies used to deal with community violence, and their benefits and costs to family and community life. Findings show that multiple types of violence characterized life in the community and that this violence has specific physical locations, a particular set of actors, and a temporal rhythm. Women's responses to violence were nonconfrontational and family focused in nature. These efforts were effective in keeping women and their children safe, but did not reduce the prevalence of violence. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10