Part I. Foundations -- Masculinity, marginalization, and patriarchal violence -- Invisible victims of domestic abuse, hypervisible in gangs -- Music as method -- Part II. Life-history research -- Childhood domestic violence and abuse -- Learning how to be a man on-road -- 'a man'/'The Man' -- Love and fear -- The road ahead -- Part III. Joining the dots -- Policy links: Why is 'domestic abuse' not 'serious violence'? A false dichotomy -- Understanding the pathways from domestic abuse to gang involvement -- Masculinity, vulnerability, and violence
Summary
Previously overlooked in domestic violence and abuse policy and practice, Jade Levell offers radical insights into the lives of young boys in DVA-affected households. Showing how boys in this context navigate their journey to manhood, including gang involvement, the book makes practice recommendations for supporting these 'hidden victims'
