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Clean streets controlling crime, maintaining order, and building community activism

Title
Clean streets [electronic resource] : controlling crime, maintaining order, and building community activism / Patrick J. Carr.
Author
Carr, Patrick J.
Publication
New York : New York University Press, c2005.

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 209 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series
Uniform Title
Clean streets (Online)
Alternative Title
Clean streets (Online)
Subject
  • Gang prevention > Illinois > Chicago > Citizen participation
  • Crime prevention > Illinois > Chicago > Citizen participation
  • Beltway (Chicago, Ill.) > Social conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2005012896
OCLC
ssj0000277958
Author
Carr, Patrick J.
Title
Clean streets [electronic resource] : controlling crime, maintaining order, and building community activism / Patrick J. Carr.
Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2005.
Series
New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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