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Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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Teenage Runaways: Broken Hearts and “Bad Attitudes” uncovers the perspectives of actual teenage runaways to help professionals, parents, and youths understand the widespread social problem of “last resort” behavior. You’ll learn the real reasons teenagers run away, and you’ll hear the anguished voices of the teenage runaways themselves, shattering the myth that only bad... Read more
Contents
About the Author
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Running Away Is Social Behavior: Statistics and History
- Introduction: Problems in Identifying Runaway Behaviors
- A Social History of Running Away
- Reasons for Running Away: Popular Assumptions, Myths, and Current Realities
- Development of Runaway Culture Through Patterns of Emotional Interaction
- Emotion Theory and Running Away
- Procedure: Design and Methodology
- Description of the Sample
- Contemporary Problems in the Study of Runaways
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2. Running Away: Theories of Emotion and Deviance
- Introduction
- Emotion Theory
- Interactionism
- Conflict Perspective
- Conflict Theory
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Running Away and the Socioemotional Bond
- Introduction: The Social Bond Is an Emotional Connection
- “Emotion Talk”: Finding the Sociology of Emotion
- Part I: Family Bonds Weaken and Dissolve
- Part II: Family Bonds Rupture
- Part III: Irreparable Bonds
- Part IV: Reparation of Bonds: Longing for Protection and Recognition
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4. The Politics of Anger: Rebellion, Ressentiment, and Emotional Capital
- Introduction
- A Unanimous Chorus by the Ruled: “Too Many Unfair Rules and Rulers”
- The Ultimate Wielding of Authority Over Youths: “Lockup Is Hell”
- Struggles to Meet Expectations: “I Love My Mother, But. . . ”
- Ressentiment and Emotional Capital
- Rage and Insubordination: Defiant Running Away
- Anger and the Politics of Aim
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Broken Hearts and “Bad Attitudes”
- Introduction: Theoretical Observations
- Runaways’ Recommendations
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Biography
Schaffner, Laurie
