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Clean streets : controlling crime, maintaining order, and building community activism /
With the close proximity of gangs and the easy access to drugs, keeping urban neighborhoods safe from crime has long been a central concern for residents. In Clean Streets, Patrick Carr draws on five years of research in a white, working-class community on Chicago's South side to see how they t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©2005.
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| Colección: | New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | With the close proximity of gangs and the easy access to drugs, keeping urban neighborhoods safe from crime has long been a central concern for residents. In Clean Streets, Patrick Carr draws on five years of research in a white, working-class community on Chicago's South side to see how they tried to keep their streets safe. Carr details the singular event for this community and the resulting rise of community activism: the shootings of two local teenage girls outside of an elementary school by area gang members. As in many communities struck by similar violence, the shootings led to profoun. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 209 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814790038 0814790038 9780814717233 0814717233 |