David J. Thomas
Florida Gulf Coast University, USA
Title: The Aftermath of a Murdered Child: Trauma in the African American Community
Biography
Biography: David J. Thomas
Abstract
For years the African American Community has screamed that they have been victims of violent crime and the system has ignored them in essence they feels as though they have no value. The African American Community had no voice and was marginalized until acts of police violence began to be broadcast on the World Wide Web and the media. Police have described today’s survivor as “tomorrow’s suspect”. This study is an examination of the sources of violence in the African American Community; who is most likely to become a victim of gun violence, their rate of exposure and the causes; the symptoms of psychological trauma and trauma related disorders and their impact on the family and the best practices models for prevention, intervention and treatment in such cases.