Clean Streets: Controlling Crime, Maintaining Order, and Building Community Activism
(Part of the New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0814716636
ISBN13:9780814716632
Release Date:December 2005
Publisher:New York University Press
Length:209 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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