
Tarnished Vision
Crime and Conflict in the Inner City
David Robins(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 12. November 1992
Book
Hardback
158 pages
978-0-19-825751-6 (ISBN)
Description
Once a group of young people (reformed street robbers) had a vision to transform their poor divided community. But the vision was tarnished by harsh reality, violent feuds and factional strife, corrupt and ineffective leaders, and youths involved in networks of criminality.
Tarnished Vision is the story of the rise and fall of a utopian community project told against a background of crime and delinquency in a troubled neighbourhood. This vivid and authentic account of life in `Satellite City' is set in the 1980s, a decade when the promises of the enterprise culture failed to deliver, and the conditions were created for a generation hooked on crime.
Tarnished Vision depicts the 1980s inner-city cycle of social tragedy followed by inept societal response, followed by social tragedy. But this is not only a story for the 1980s. The message is that programmes to save the inner cities, however well-resourced, cannot afford to ignore the destructive frustrations of urban male youths who are involved in crime. Community action programmes can be no more than window-dressing to camouflage these realities.
Tarnished Vision is the story of the rise and fall of a utopian community project told against a background of crime and delinquency in a troubled neighbourhood. This vivid and authentic account of life in `Satellite City' is set in the 1980s, a decade when the promises of the enterprise culture failed to deliver, and the conditions were created for a generation hooked on crime.
Tarnished Vision depicts the 1980s inner-city cycle of social tragedy followed by inept societal response, followed by social tragedy. But this is not only a story for the 1980s. The message is that programmes to save the inner cities, however well-resourced, cannot afford to ignore the destructive frustrations of urban male youths who are involved in crime. Community action programmes can be no more than window-dressing to camouflage these realities.
Reviews / Votes
anyone interested in what happens to the disadvantaged in our cities should read it * Roger Graef, New Statesman and Society *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
341 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-825751-6 (9780198257516)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
David Robins is Study Director at teh Institute of Community Studies, Bethnel Green, London
Author
Study DirectorStudy Director, Institute of Community Studies, Bethnal Green, London
Content
The neighbourhood; bad boys; the group; confrontation; false dawn; postscript - figures in an inner city landscape.