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Authors: Roberto Aspholm
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Chicago has long served as a symbol of urban pathology in the public imagination. The city’s staggering levels of violence and entrenched gang culture occupy
Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City
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Gang Leader for a Day
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A New York Times Bestseller "A rich portrait of the urban poor, drawn not from statistics but from vivid tales of their lives and his, and how they intertwined.
Fire in the Streets
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"In the 1960s, a nation that had prided itself on its political stability found its political system no longer equal to meeting the demands for change. A people