Preventing Community Violence: A Case Study of Metro Detroit and Interfaith Activism

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dc.contributor.authorMiller, Allison Deniseen
dc.contributor.committeechairLuke, Timothy W.en
dc.contributor.committeechairDixit, Priyaen
dc.contributor.committeememberStephenson, Max O. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHawdon, James E.en
dc.contributor.departmentPublic Administration/Public Affairsen
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-06T08:00:33Zen
dc.date.available2020-06-06T08:00:33Zen
dc.date.issued2020-06-05en
dc.description.abstractCommunity violence can have lasting impacts on populations that experience it, including but not limited to, financial damages, property damage, and psychological trauma. Therefore, exploring mechanisms of violence prevention is increasingly important, especially within the context of multicultural societies. This research does just that by approaching community violence prevention from an interdisciplinary perspective, including aspects of public health, political science, criminology, and sociology. This dissertation explores the interfaith organization InterFaith Leadership Council of Metro Detroit and those in the organization's network. It considers how interfaith leaders, through activism and dialogue, can contribute to community violence prevention. By applying the social ecological model and social disorganization theory, this research considers how to prevent community violence through building social capital, collective efficacy, and community capacity. This inquiry also utilized the social determinants of health to describe how violence and violence prevention is linked to community health. This dissertation uses qualitative data, including interviews, document analysis, and field notes to explore the mechanisms by which interfaith leadership can prevent community violence, specifically gang violence and violent extremism.en
dc.description.abstractgeneralCommunity violence can have lasting impacts on populations that experience it, including but not limited to, financial damages, property damage, and psychological trauma. Therefore, exploring methods of violence prevention is increasingly important. This dissertation uses qualitative data to explore community violence prevention in Metro Detroit as carried out by the InterFaith Leadership Council and its broader network. Included in this dissertation are insights from interviews, document analysis, and field notes. All this data informs the research and attempts to address how the question of how the interfaith community in Metro Detroit is working to prevent community violence. This research utilizes the social ecological model and social disorganization theory as its overarching framework for analysis. The analysis examines interfaith relationships, collective efficacy, and community capacity. This research also frames violence and violence prevention within the context of the social determinants of health in an attempt to identify the factors that affect violence and violence prevention.en
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophyen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:26489en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/98774en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCommunity violenceen
dc.subjectviolence preventionen
dc.subjectinterfaithen
dc.subjectsocial ecological modelen
dc.subjectsocial disorganization theoryen
dc.subjectsocial determinants of healthen
dc.titlePreventing Community Violence: A Case Study of Metro Detroit and Interfaith Activismen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplinePlanning, Governance, and Globalizationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen

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