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.
- New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series .
- 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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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