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Author Leovy, Jill.

Title Ghettoside : a true story of murder in America / Jill Leovy.

Imprint New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2015.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  CB 364.152 Leovy    ---  Available
Edition 2015 Speigel & Grau trade pbk. ed.
Description x, 366 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-356) and index.
Indexed In: Library Journal Starred, January 2015
Pub Weekly, September 2014
Publisher's Weekly, April 2015
New York Times, January 2015
Kirkus Review, November 2014
Summary Using the story of homicide victim Bryant Tennelle in the Ghettoside, a word used to describe a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood, the author explores how gangs have taken over neighborhoods in the absence of a trusted legal authority.
Audience Adult Follett School Solutions.
Subject Homicide -- United States.
Homicide -- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Case studies.
ISBN 9780385529990

 
    
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