ABSTRACT
One fall evening, the following interaction was observed by a nurse making a home visit to a family who lived in an urban, racially mixed neighborhood. Present were Mrs. A., one daughter, and her husband. Jim, the 14-year-old son, was en route to a store a block away from the house. Suddenly the front door burst open. Jim, distraught and crying, said a gang of young men had jumped him in the street. At knife point they threatened to beat him, stab him, and rape him if he did not give them what they wanted. In great fear, Jim handed over the bag of groceries he was carrying. He managed to free himself, wrenching loose a pocket in his flight.
