Papers by Deanna Wilkinson
Investing in vulnerable youth is a social and economic imperative in many urban communities. Many... more Investing in vulnerable youth is a social and economic imperative in many urban communities. Many of the nation's urban youth find themselves in communities lacking resources and opportunities for healthy living: access to quality schools, health care systems, safe and secure housing, low-cost nutritious foods, and employment opportunities. Urban GEMS (Gardening Entrepreneurs Motivating Sustainability) employs cutting-edge food production technology to grow healthy foods while promoting healthy eating in urban neighborhoods characterized as food deserts. Students will gain 21st century employment skills through coursework, internships, and service learning projects. Students will become enmeshed in new professional networks among local food industry professionals. As trained social justice advocates for a healthy food system, participants will add a youthful voice and energy to the larger community health transformation in the urban core of Columbus, Ohio. The Urban GEMS program...
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Despite dramatic shifts in crime control and public health policy, one persistent pattern remains... more Despite dramatic shifts in crime control and public health policy, one persistent pattern remains unchanged; gun violence cuts short the lives of young black males in America's most economically disadvantaged urban communities at unacceptably high rates. The family members, friends and neighbors left behind to endure the pain of sudden and traumatic death rarely have access to the necessary resources to ease their healing and/or interrupt the intergenerational cycles of poverty and violence operating to sustain these patterns. The clustered patterns of gun homicide – characterized by significant concentrations of risk across spatial geography and social networks – increase the burden that gun violence has on the emotional, social, psychological, relational, economic, political, spiritual, and developmental outcomes of families residing in these urban communities. The burden of gun violence is not limited to the toll of victimization; it also extends to the collateral consequence...
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Journal of Extension
Fatherhood education has the potential to affect not only fathers' nurturant behaviors but al... more Fatherhood education has the potential to affect not only fathers' nurturant behaviors but also multiple dimensions of family life. The weGrill program blends fatherhood, youth development, and nutrition education, with food grilling as the focal activity. Grounded in multiple learning theories, the program helps fathers and their adolescent children learn broadly about family life topics, planning for the future, and nutrition and healthful food behaviors. The program represents a re-envisioned approach to fatherhood education.
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Support for this research was provided by grants from the Harry
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Violence in American Schools, 1998
... 56 Jeffrey Fagan & Deanna L. Wilkinson Anderson (1990, 1994), Sullivan (1989), Ca... more ... 56 Jeffrey Fagan & Deanna L. Wilkinson Anderson (1990, 1994), Sullivan (1989), Canada (1995), Decker and van Winkle (1996), and others provides further support for research focused on " situated transactions"(ie, the interactions between people within spe-cific places). ...
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BORDER CROSSING, 2018
Recent public discourse on the possible threats posed by immigrant populations as potential perpe... more Recent public discourse on the possible threats posed by immigrant populations as potential perpetrators of crime seems to ignore the accumulating scholarly literature that shows that immigrants have a documented crime reducing effect on the general population in the United States. Yet, immigrants themselves are placed at heightened risk for a wide variety of victimization experiences. Their needs as victims of crime have rarely been studied. This study aims to partially fill that void by investigating how service providers funded to assist victims of crime work with and attempt to meet the needs of immigrants, including large numbers of refugees, in one large Midwest city. The states Attorney Generals office supported a needs assessment that included a focus on the needs of victims from immigrant (and other) underserved populations. We conducted 21 semi-structured interviews with key informants who had varying degrees of expertise serving crime victims from immigrant communities ac...
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Community Development, 2015
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Revue européenne des migrations internationales, 1998
Les contextes de la violence des adolescents à New York Jeffrey FAGAN et Deanna WILKINSON La rech... more Les contextes de la violence des adolescents à New York Jeffrey FAGAN et Deanna WILKINSON La recherche sur la violence porte en général sur l'identification des caractéristiques et des indicateurs relatifs à la prédisposition à la violence de certains acteurs plutôt que d'autres. Dans cette étude, nous situons la violence dans un cadre où la motivation interagit avec le contexte et produit des événements violents. Notre recherche intègre deux perspectives souvent négligées dans les études sur la violence : d'une part il s'agit d'un comportement fonctionnel, servant à atteindre certains objectifs liés au développement social; d'autre part ses fonctions reflètent une dynamique interpersonnelle située dans des contextes sociaux d'exclusion économique. Les données tirées d'entretiens menés auprès de 125 garçons adolescents dans deux quartiers de New York sont analysées pour identifier les contextes dans lesquels se produit la violence, les gratifications ...
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Law and Contemporary Problems, 1996
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Crime and Justice, 1998
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