03740nam 22006614a 450 991045509550332120200520144314.00-8147-9003-80-8147-1723-310.18574/9780814790038(CKB)1000000000765213(EBL)866077(SSID)ssj0000277958(PQKBManifestationID)11209209(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277958(PQKBWorkID)10245848(PQKB)11420549(MiAaPQ)EBC866077(OCoLC)320322271(MdBmJHUP)muse10238(DE-B1597)547069(DE-B1597)9780814790038(Au-PeEL)EBL866077(CaPaEBR)ebr10280031(OCoLC)922903820(EXLCZ)99100000000076521320050505d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClean streets[electronic resource] controlling crime, maintaining order, and building community activism /Patrick J. CarrNew York New York University Pressc20051 online resource (1 p.)New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-1663-6 0-8147-1662-8 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.With the close proximity of gangs and the easy access to drugs, keeping urban neighborhoods safe from crime has long been a central concern for residents. In Clean Streets, Patrick Carr draws on five years of research in a white, working-class community on Chicago’s South side to see how they tried to keep their streets safe. Carr details the singular event for this community and the resulting rise of community activism: the shootings of two local teenage girls outside of an elementary school by area gang members. As in many communities struck by similar violence, the shootings led to profound changes in the community's relationship to crime prevention. Notably, their civic activism has proved successful and, years after the shooting, community involvement remains strong.Carr mines this story of an awakened neighborhood for unique insights, contributing a new perspective to the national debate on community policing, civic activism, and the nature of social control. Clean Streets offers an important story of one community's struggle to confront crime and to keep their homes safe. Their actions can be seen as a model for how other communities can face up to similarly difficult problems.New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series.Gang preventionIllinoisChicagoCitizen participationCrime preventionIllinoisChicagoCitizen participationBeltway (Chicago, Ill.)Social conditionsElectronic books.Gang preventionCitizen participation.Crime preventionCitizen participation.364.4/3/0977311Carr Patrick J1034560MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455095503321Clean streets2453773UNINA