Wounded City : Violent Turf Wars in a Chicago Barrio.

Wounded City : Violent Turf Wars in a Chicago Barrio.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vargas, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Violence > Illinois > Chicago.
Inner cities > Illinois > Chicago.
Gangs > Illinois > Chicago.
Ethnic neighborhoods > Illinois > Chicago.
Police-community relations > Illinois > Chicago.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Ethnic neighborhoods
Gangs
Inner cities
Police-community relations
Violence
Illinois > Chicago
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Wounded City: Violent Turf Wars in a Chicago Barrio; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; WOUNDED CITY; 1: Introduction; LITTLE VILLAGE; THINKING OF NEIGHBORHOODS AS FIELDS; THE CONSEQUENCES OF POLITICAL TURF FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION; HOW TURF WARS BETWEEN GANGS AND POLICE TRIGGER VIOLENCE; GENERALIZABILITY BEYOND CHICAGO; THE APPROACH; OUTLINE OF THE BOOK; PART ONE: POLITICAL TURF; 2: Battles for Political Turf in Little Village; POLITICAL TURF WARS IN CHICAGO'S CITY COUNCIL; THE BATTLE FOR THE 22ND WARD ON LITTLE VILLAGE'S WEST SIDE.
  • The Development of a Nonprofit InfrastructureGERRYMANDERED AREAS IN THE EAST; 3: Burbs and Violent Blocks; THE BURBS; THE WESTSIDE BORDERLANDS; THE EASTSIDE BORDERLANDS; 4: Transforming Violent Streets on the Westside; TRAINING DAYS; OVERCOMING A ROUGH START; TRANSFORMING VIOLENT STREETS; PART TWO: STREET TURF ; 5: Silence and the Art of Arson; THE LATIN KINGS; IDENTIFYING INFORMANTS; PUBLICIZING POLICE MISTAKES; 6: Locking Up Social Order; THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE POLICE'S WAR ON GANGS; THE ARREST OF THE 22 BOYS' LEADER; THE ARREST OF LATIN KINGS LEADERS.
  • 7: Conclusion: Toward a Relational Understanding of Urban ViolenceINTEGRATING SPACE AND NETWORKS FOR A RELATIONAL CRIMINOLOGY; BRIDGING THE FIELDS OF URBAN POLITICS AND NEIGHBORHOOD INEQUALITY; A RELATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATE; TOWARD SMARTER POLICING; THE FUTURE OF LITTLE VILLAGE; IMPLICATIONS FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION; Appendix A: Ethnographic Uncoupling and the Challenges of Relational Ethnography; STEPPING INTO A TURF WAR; STEPPING OUT OF THE TURF WAR; Appendix B: Methods; THE CASE STUDY LOGIC; DATA SOURCES; Survey Canvassing and Fieldwork with Residents.

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