Clean Streets

Patrick J Carr

ISBN 10: 0814716636 / ISBN 13: 9780814716632

Published by New York University Press Dez 2005, 2005

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -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 profound changes in the community's relationship to crime prevention. Notably, their civic activism has proved successful and, years after the shooting, community involvement remains strong. Carr mines this story of an awakened neighborhood for unique insights, contributing a new perspective to the national debate on community policing, civic activism, and the nature of social control. Clean Streets offers an important story of one community's struggle to confront crime and to keep their homes safe. Their actions can be seen as a model for how other communities can face up to similarly difficult problems. 209 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Clean Streets
• Publisher: New York University Press Dez 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814716636
• ISBN 13: 9780814716632
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 228W x 151H x 17D millimeters 228 millimeters width by 151 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 317 grams

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Synopsis

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 profound changes in the community's relationship to crime prevention. Notably, their civic activism has proved successful and, years after the shooting, community involvement remains strong.
Carr mines this story of an awakened neighborhood for unique insights, contributing a new perspective to the national debate on community policing, civic activism, and the nature of social control. Clean Streets offers an important story of one community's struggle to confront crime and to keep their homes safe. Their actions can be seen as a model for how other communities can face up to similarly difficult problems.

About the Author

Patrick J. Carr is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University.