| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 209 pages) : illustrations |
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New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series |
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New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Welcome to Beltway -- Getting things done: civic engagement in action -- Looks like trouble: early signs of gangs and violence -- Gang violence can happen here: the Hastings murders and their aftermath -- Coming together: problem solving and the neighborhood watch -- Conclusion: civic activism and the new parochialism -- Appendix: getting in and out of Beltway |
| Summary |
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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keep |
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struggle |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gang prevention -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Citizen participation
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Crime prevention -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Citizen participation
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Crime prevention -- Citizen participation
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Gang prevention -- Citizen participation
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Beltway (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social conditions
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Illinois -- Chicago
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Illinois -- Chicago -- Beltway
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814790038 |
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0814790038 |
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9780814717233 |
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0814717233 |
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