Views from the Streets: The Transformation of Gangs and Violence on Chicago''s South Side
ISBN: 9780231547437
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Columbia University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago; Homicide -- Illinois -- Chicago; Criminal justice Administration of -- Illinois -- Chicago;

Views from the Streets explains the dramatic transformation of black street gangs on Chicago's South Side during the early twenty-first century. Drawing on years of community work and in-depth interviews with gang members, Roberto R. Aspholm sheds new light on why gang violence persists and what might be done to address it.

Roberto R. Aspholm is assistant professor of social work at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

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