Intergenerational Experiences of Gang and Youth Violence in Bermuda

百慕大帮派和青少年暴力的代际经历

• 批准号: 2879607
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Oxford
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2879607
• 关键词: Intergenerational; Experiences; Gang; Youth; Violence

The first identified gang-related murder in Bermuda occurred in 2001, shortly followed by the first gangmurder with a firearm in 2003. The island has since struggled to come to terms with and respond to theevolving gang and youth violence problem. Over a 20-year period, there were 71 murders and 294confirmed firearm incidents. At its peak in 2011, Bermuda's murder rate skyrocketed to nearly twice theglobal average at 12.5 per 100,000 people, up from 3.1 in 2003. Recently, there has been an increase inyouth violence across the community and in local schools. This study seeks to explore the challenges ofunderstanding and addressing gang and youth violence in small island communities. Given the lack ofspecific research in this area and the developing problem of gang violence in Bermuda, the prospectiveaims of this study would be to explore the scope and perceived nature of gang and youth violencethrough two generations, explore how these perceptions fit into the structure and process of strategiesto address the issue and provide policy and social change recommendations regarding gang and youthviolence. The objective is to collect data across multiple domains, including the multigenerationalexperiences of current and previous gang-involved people, to explore the nature of gangs and theirdevelopment in Bermuda. The data will then be analysed to consider the efficiency of current andproposed strategies to address gang and youth violence and provide policy recommendations. Thequestions guide the research: What is the nature and scope of youth and gang violence in Bermuda?What are the intergenerational experiences and perceptions of gang and youth violence between twogenerations? To what extent, if at all, are there differential generational effects? How effective arecurrent attempts to tackle gang and youth violence? Given that there was no gang violence before 2001and how rapidly gang and youth violence has developed over time, it is worth examining the problemthrough the lens of different generations' experiences to understand the phenomenon and explore howthe island has responded to the issue through various administrations and services. Understandingthese experiences could help to identify any gaps in services and provide a solid evidence base for policyand strategic development.

百慕大第一起与帮派有关的谋杀案发生在 2001 年，不久之后的 2003 年又发生了第一起持枪帮派谋杀案。此后，该岛一直在努力接受和应对不断发展的帮派和青少年暴力问题。 20 年间，发生了 71 起谋杀案和 294 起已确认的枪支事件。百慕大的谋杀率在 2011 年达到顶峰，从 2003 年的每 10 万人中有 12.5 起，猛增至全球平均水平的近两倍。最近，社区和当地学校的青少年暴力有所增加。本研究旨在探讨理解和解决小岛屿社区帮派和青少年暴力的挑战。鉴于该领域缺乏具体研究以及百慕大日益严重的帮派暴力问题，本研究的预期目标是探索两代人对帮派和青少年暴力的范围和感知性质，探讨这些看法如何适应解决该问题的战略结构和过程，并提供有关帮派和青少年暴力的政策和社会变革建议。目标是收集多个领域的数据，包括当前和以前参与帮派的人的多代经历，以探索帮派的性质及其在百慕大的发展。然后将对数据进行分析，以考虑解决帮派和青少年暴力的当前和拟议战略的效率，并提供政策建议。这些问题引导着研究：百慕大青少年和帮派暴力的性质和范围是什么？两代人之间对帮派和青少年暴力的代际经历和看法是什么？如果有的话，代际效应在多大程度上存在差异？目前解决帮派和青少年暴力问题的努力效果如何？鉴于2001年之前没有帮派暴力，而且帮派和青少年暴力随着时间的推移发展得如此之快，值得通过不同代人的经历来审视这个问题，以了解这一现象并探索该岛如何通过各种行政和服务来应对这一问题。了解这些经验有助于发现服务方面的差距，并为政策和战略发展提供坚实的证据基础。