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Author

Carr, Patrick J.

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

Imprint

New York : New York University Press, c2005.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xi, 209 p. : ill.
Series	New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series
	New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Gang prevention -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Citizen participation.
	Crime prevention -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Citizen participation.
	Beltway (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780814716625 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0814716628 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780814716632 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0814716636 (pbk. : alk. paper)