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

By: Contributor(s): Series: New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law seriesPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2005.Description: xi, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 364.4/3/0977311 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6439.U7 C349 2005eb
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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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