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Ben Lohmeyer: Youth and Violent Performativities: Re-Examining the Connection Between Young People and Violence

Ben Lohmeyer: Youth and Violent Performativities: Re-Examining the Connection Between Young... Journal of Applied Youth Studies (2022) 5:173–176 https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-021-00068-y BOOK RE VIE W Ben Lohmeyer: Youth and Violent Performativities: Re‑Examining the Connection Between Young People and Violence Juliet Watson Received: 15 December 2021 / Revised: 15 December 2021 / Accepted: 19 December 2021 / Published online: 11 January 2022 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022 This book begins and ends with a story about Casey—a young person who experi- enced a break-in while at home. Casey confronted the burglars and sustained physi- cal injuries in the process. Although encouraged by his youth worker to report the incident to the police, Casey was not interested. Casey preferred to deal with the sit- uation on his own—he was, in his words, ‘going hunting’. The implication was that Casey would use violence in response to the violation he had endured. In between the bookending of Casey’s circumstances, Youth and Violent Performativities: Re- Examining the Connection Between Young People and Violence, Ben Lohmeyer challenges the reader to reconsider societal assumptions about young people’s use of, and exposure to, multiple forms of violence. This enables the reader to reassess Casey’s decision to ‘go hunting’. As Lohmeyer explains through critical questioning of how http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Youth Studies Springer Journals

Ben Lohmeyer: Youth and Violent Performativities: Re-Examining the Connection Between Young People and Violence

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Journal of Applied Youth Studies , Volume 5 (2) – Jun 1, 2022
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Journal of Applied Youth Studies (2022) 5:173–176 https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-021-00068-y BOOK RE VIE W Ben Lohmeyer: Youth and Violent Performativities: Re‑Examining the Connection Between Young People and Violence Juliet Watson Received: 15 December 2021 / Revised: 15 December 2021 / Accepted: 19 December 2021 / Published online: 11 January 2022 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022 This book begins and ends with a story about Casey—a young person who experi- enced a break-in while at home. Casey confronted the burglars and sustained physi- cal injuries in the process. Although encouraged by his youth worker to report the incident to the police, Casey was not interested. Casey preferred to deal with the sit- uation on his own—he was, in his words, ‘going hunting’. The implication was that Casey would use violence in response to the violation he had endured. In between the bookending of Casey’s circumstances, Youth and Violent Performativities: Re- Examining the Connection Between Young People and Violence, Ben Lohmeyer challenges the reader to reconsider societal assumptions about young people’s use of, and exposure to, multiple forms of violence. This enables the reader to reassess Casey’s decision to ‘go hunting’. As Lohmeyer explains through critical questioning of how

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