Carr, Patrick J.

Clean streets controlling crime, maintaining order, and building community activism / [electronic resource] : Patrick J. Carr. - New York : New York University Press, c2005. - xi, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series .

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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GBA595559 bnb

Uk


Gang prevention--Citizen participation.--Illinois--Chicago
Crime prevention--Citizen participation.--Illinois--Chicago


Beltway (Chicago, Ill.)--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

HV6439.U7 / C349 2005eb

364.4/3/0977311