Views from the streets : the transformation of gangs and violence on Chicago's South Side /

"High levels of homicide and other violent crime persist in Chicago in spite of every effort to address them, confounding law enforcement and elected officials and challenging the viability of violence reduction strategies. Views from the Streets offers insights into these dynamics, exploring r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aspholm, Roberto R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Colección:Studies in transgression.
Temas:
Gangs > Illinois > Chicago.
Homicide > Illinois > Chicago.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Illinois > Chicago.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Criminal justice, Administration of
Gangs
Homicide
Illinois > Chicago
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Shattering of Chicago's Black Street Gangs
  • 2. From Street Organizations to Cliques: Black Street Gangs in Chicago Today
  • 3. The Anatomy of Contemporary Gang Violence in Chicago
  • 4. Understanding the Persistence of Gangs and Violence in Chicago
  • 5. A Critical Appraisal of Violence Prevention Failures
  • Conclusion: Reducing Gang Violence from the Streets Up
  • Appendix: Notes on Positionality, the Politics of Representation, and Research Methodology
  • A Partial Glossary of Chicago Gang Slang
  • Notes

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