Clean Streets: Crime, Disorder And Social Control In A Chicago Neighborhood (Crime, Law and Deviance)

Based on a five-year study, Patrick Carr shows the lived reality of a typical white, working-class Chicago neighborhood and the attempts of its residents to create a safe environment -- one free from drugs, gangs and crime. Beginning with the shooting of two local teenage girls outside their school, Carr documents how the this singular event led to community activism which brought about profound changes in the community's relationship to crime preventions.