Boys, Young Men and Violence

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Ken Harland, Sam McCready

   Pages 1-6

3. Context for Our Research Work with Boys and Young Men

   • Ken Harland, Sam McCready

   Pages 7-26

4. Taking Boys Seriously (2006–2012): A Longitudinal Study

   • Ken Harland, Sam McCready

   Pages 27-53

5. Research with Boys and Young Men: Critical Reflections on the Theme of Violence

   • Ken Harland, Sam McCready

   Pages 54-97

6. Research with Boys and Young Men: Critical Reflections on the Theme of Masculinity

   • Ken Harland, Sam McCready

   Pages 98-116

7. Critical Reflections on Education and Learning

   • Ken Harland, Sam McCready

   Pages 117-127

8. The Voices of Boys and Young Men (1997–2015)

   • Ken Harland, Sam McCready

   Pages 128-165

9. Critical Reflections on Practice

   • Ken Harland, Sam McCready

   Pages 166-189

10. Back Matter

    Pages 190-225

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This book draws upon data collected over an 18 year period with over 1000 boys and young men across Northern Ireland. Providing critical reflections on violence, masculinity and education, it uses the voices and experiences of young men to inform and influence research, practice and policy.

• Young men and violence
• research with boys and young men
• ethnographic and qualitative and quantitative research
• voices of young men
• Centre for Young Men's Studies
• paramilitary organisations
• Troubles'in Northern Ireland
• peacebuilding
• representations of young men
• moral panic'
• social ecological context
• masculinity
• shame
• localised masculinities
• hegemonic and subordinate masculinities
• masculinity and class
• patriarchy
• shifting masculinities
• Northern Ireland
• Taking Boys Seriously

“In Boys, Young Men, and Violence, Ken Harland and Sam McCready provides the results of an 18-year study that focused on the development of adolescent boys and young men ranging in ages from eleven to twenty-three. … They provide data and ideas that are particularly needed by educators, professionals, officials, and researchers worldwide, to better respond to at-risk adolescent boys and young men who struggle with violence on an everyday basis.” (Michael R. Shew, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Vol. 45, 2016)

• School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies, Ulster University, UK

  Ken Harland, Sam McCready

Ken Harland has lectured in Community Youth Work in the School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies at Ulster University, UK since 2002. He is also co-founder and co-director of the university's Centre for Young Men's Studies. His specific research interests focus on themes of masculinity, violence, educational attainment, mental health and youth work methodology.

 
Sam McCready is Professor of Community Youth Work in the School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies at Ulster University, UK. He is a co-founder and co-director of the Centre for Young Men's Studies. His research interests are in youth work, young men and education, young men and violence, and examining issues facing young people.

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