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Introduction: Against Youth Violence and Against ‘Youth Violence’
Luke Billingham, Keir Irwin-Rogers ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This is the introductory chapter of a book called Against Youth Violence. It explains three ways the authors oppose youth violence: they want less violence between young people, they object to the misleading ideas carried by the label 'youth violence', and they object to the exploitation of young people's suffering for profit or attention. The chapter also outlines the book's contents and structure. It argues for moving away from narrow and distorting portrayals of violence between young people and for more constructive ways of framing it.
Key points
- The authors are against youth violence in three senses: perpetration, the label itself, and its commodification.
- They advocate reducing violence between young people.
- They argue the label 'youth violence' has misleading connotations and call for more fruitful framings.
- They advocate less exploitation of young people's suffering.
- The chapter critiques ideas of 'youth violence' that are stigmatizing, patronizing and counterproductive.
Limitations
Only a short abstract of an introductory chapter is available, so the arguments, evidence and the alternative framings are not described in detail. No country or study population is given.
Abstract
This chapter introduces the key themes of Against Youth Violence, laying out the three senses in which the authors are against youth violence: against the perpetration of violence between young people – advocating for a reduction in this violence; against the misleading connotations of the label ‘youth violence’ – advocating for more fruitful framings of the issue; and against the commodification of ‘youth violence’ – advocating for less exploitation of young people’s suffering. As well as outlining the contents and structure of Against Youth Violence, the introductory chapter articulates the need to shift away from narrow and distorting portrayals of and perspectives on violence between young people. The chapter critiques ideas of ‘youth violence’ which are stigmatizing, patronizing and counterproductive, and suggests ways of looking at the issue which are more constructive, and which are explained at greater length through the course of Against Youth Violence.