Download or read book Juvenile Offenders and Guns written by Diane Marano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juvenile Offenders and Guns explores how and why twenty-five incarcerated young men of color acquired and used guns, and how guns made them feel. Guns have multiple meanings and serve many purposes for these youth as they attempt to construct a capable masculinity in their worlds, growing up in homes where money is often scarce and fathers absent.