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Clean streets [electronic resource] : controlling crime, maintaining order, and building community activism / Patrick J. Carr.

By: Carr, Patrick J.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series. Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2005Description: xi, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Gang prevention -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Citizen participation | Crime prevention -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Citizen participation | Beltway (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.4/3/0977311 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.