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Sosad (Save Our Son And Daughters) A Preliminary Study Of A Unique Self-Help Group And Grass-Roots Movement, Dronamraju Rani Sailaja
Sosad (Save Our Son And Daughters) A Preliminary Study Of A Unique Self-Help Group And Grass-Roots Movement, Dronamraju Rani Sailaja
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This is an ethnographic study of SOSAD (Save Our Sons And Daughters), which is a Detroit-based, self-help organization of parents and relatives whose children have been killed by other children. This organization formed through the collective effort of a group of parents led by Ms. Clementine Barfield whose son was killed in Detroit. The organization has the following objectives: a) Providing a support group for the parents whose children are killed. b) Actions to increase awareness of the problem and to create programmes aimed toward prevention of crime and the protection of the community. c) Lobbying for legislation to prevent …