NCJ Number
190118
Journal
Deviance and Society Volume: 24 Issue: 4 Dated: 2000 Pages: 425-440
Date Published
2000
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This article examined factors involved in “troublesome” neighborhoods in France and their impact on violence.
Abstract
Violence in so-called troublesome neighborhoods occurs with a particular context, marked by geographical segregation, stigmatization based on ethnic origin and economic and social exclusion. When these factors are mixed, they produce forms of violence that are expressed according to gender roles (girls’ behaviors were quite different from boys), but also relate to local historical and cultural contexts, and have turned partly ideological with the growing Islamization of the 1990's. The study showed the significance of the links between neighborhood, city and even region as they interplay in a mirror game where each one’s identity is a function of their reciprocal perception, as well as of the feeling of indignity of those left by society on the side of the road. Their sense of victimization acquired a particular significance.