Parents' conceptions of urban dangers and their relationships to children's access to their neighborhoods.
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Title
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Parents' conceptions of urban dangers and their relationships to children's access to their neighborhoods.
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Identifier
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AAI9315448
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identifier
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9315448
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Creator
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Blakely, Kim Susan.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Maxine Wolfe
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Date
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1993
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Developmental | Sociology, Criminology and Penology | Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
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Abstract
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The purpose of the study was to explore parents' conceptions of danger in their changing neighborhoods in relationship to the activities of their nine- to eleven-year-old children. It was specifically designed as exploratory research based on the tradition of grounded theory to discover the socio-physical qualities parents viewed as dangerous to their children, to investigate how parents from multi-ethnic and racial backgrounds cope with their concerns, and their beliefs impact on their children's access to their neighborhoods.;The intention of this study was not to draw conclusions, but to suggest directions for future inquiry. There were three phases to the research. The first phase involved focus group interviews with parents and children residing in distinctly different neighborhoods.;This information was used to generate questions for more in-depth interviews with 42 parents (21 Hispanic and 21 non-Hispanic) living in two other multi-ethnic communities. Phase III of the study consisted of interviewing community leaders to document public policies related to children and danger.;For parents living in multi-ethnic, urban communities, danger for their children is a multi-faceted concept. It involves their assessment of people and places, their children's ability to cope with potential threats, the children's gender, and the parents' ability to control socio-physical conditions.;In terms of future research, the findings of this study suggest a wide range of topics and questions to explore. For example, why were the Hispanic mothers more protective of their female children, fearing sexual molestation, than the non-Hispanic mothers? What factors, e.g., cultural and/or environmental, have generated these fears? Other questions suggested by the research include; how are rules and place-regulations communicated to children by parents, and does the knowledge of potential danger affect children's play or attitudes toward their neighborhoods? These are only a few questions raised by this study.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
