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Gang Leader for a Day

Author : Sudhir Venkatesh
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440631891
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Gang Leader for a Day written by Sudhir Venkatesh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-01-10 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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." —The Economist "A sensitive, sympathetic, unpatronizing portrayal of lives that are ususally ignored or lumped into ill-defined stereotype." —Finanical Times Foreword by Stephen J. Dubner, coauthor of Freakonomics When first-year graduate student Sudhir Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago’s most notorious housing projects, he hoped to find a few people willing to take a multiple-choice survey on urban poverty--and impress his professors with his boldness. He never imagined that as a result of this assignment he would befriend a gang leader named JT and spend the better part of a decade embedded inside the projects under JT’s protection. From a privileged position of unprecedented access, Venkatesh observed JT and the rest of his gang as they operated their crack-selling business, made peace with their neighbors, evaded the law, and rose up or fell within the ranks of the gang’s complex hierarchical structure. Examining the morally ambiguous, highly intricate, and often corrupt struggle to survive in an urban war zone, Gang Leader for a Day also tells the story of the complicated friendship that develops between Venkatesh and JT--two young and ambitious men a universe apart. Sudhir Venkatesh’s latest book Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York’s Underground Economy—a memoir of sociological investigation revealing the true face of America’s most diverse city—is also published by Penguin Press.

The Gang

Author : Frederic Milton Thrasher
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226799301
Total Pages : 629 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Gang written by Frederic Milton Thrasher and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While gangs and gang culture have been around for countless centuries, The Gang is one of the first academic studies of the phenomenon. Originally published in 1927, Frederic Milton Thrasher’s magnum opus offers a profound and careful analysis of hundreds of gangs in Chicago in the early part of the twentieth century. With rich prose and an eye for detail, Thrasher looked specifically at the way in which urban geography shaped gangs, and posited the thesis that neighborhoods in flux were more likely to produce gangs. Moreover, he traced gang culture back to feudal and medieval power systems and linked tribal ethos in other societies to codes of honor and glory found in American gangs. Thrasher approaches his subject with empathy and insightfulness, and creates a multifaceted and textured portrait that still has much to offer to readers today. With handsome images that evoke the era, this unabridged edition of The Gang not only explores an important moment in the history of Chicago, but also is itself a landmark in the history of sociology and subcultural theory.

The Dark Side of Creativity

Author : David H. Cropley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139490079
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The Dark Side of Creativity written by David H. Cropley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With few exceptions, scholarship on creativity has focused on its positive aspects while largely ignoring its dark side. This includes not only creativity deliberately aimed at hurting others, such as crime or terrorism, or at gaining unfair advantages, but also the accidental negative side effects of well-intentioned acts. This book brings together essays written by experts from various fields (psychology, criminal justice, sociology, engineering, education, history, and design) and with different interests (personality development, mental health, deviant behavior, law enforcement, and counter-terrorism) to illustrate the nature of negative creativity, examine its variants, call attention to its dangers, and draw conclusions about how to prevent it or protect society from its effects.

The Gang as an American Enterprise

Author : Felix M. Padilla
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813518060
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Gang as an American Enterprise written by Felix M. Padilla and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Diamonds are a Chicago Street gang whose members are second-generation Puerto Rican youths. For Felix Padilla the young men who join the Diamonds have made a logical choice. The gang is an alternative and dependable route to emotional support, self-respect, material goods, and upward mobility. Although Padilla shares the same ethnic background as the gang members and also grew up in a Chicago barrio, gaining the trust of the Diamonds was not easy. But eventually he was able to get close enough to the members to interview and observe them. Padilla shows us the process behind the decision to join the Diamonds. From early childhood, boys develop positive images of the gang. They realize that the dominant culture promises mobility, but that their paths to that mobility are blocked. By joining a gang they can creatively oppose the dominant culture. Padilla does not paint a romanticized picture of the Diamonds. Some members come to understand that when they sell drugs, they benefit the gang's leaders and suppliers more than themselves. Further, they recognize that the gang is also subject to problems of domination and inequality. Padilla shows that though the Diamonds are sometimes violent, they are not psychopaths. While we need not approve of what they do, Padilla urges us to understand it as a rational response to the doors these young men see closed around them.

The Southwestern Reporter

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Southwestern Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 2296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The South Western Reporter

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1244 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The South Western Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas.

Adventure

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adventure written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Love, My Pain, My Struggle, My Thoughts

Author : Sherman L. Brandon
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664178406
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book My Love, My Pain, My Struggle, My Thoughts written by Sherman L. Brandon and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-07-21 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These poems allow you to take a walk with me through some of my darkest hours. you may feel my pain, understand my struggle, and bear witness to the love that I have. My poems are utilized as a coping skill to push out bottled emotions before the thoughts become a problem. The loss of my mother leads to many suicide attempts. Writing allowed me to relieve the pressure and pain. In many of my poems, I am not glorifying or bragging about my darkest thoughts, pain, struggles, or the things I’ve done. However, I will like for you to understand that if you could look up, you could get up. As dark as I may seem to write, my light is bright. I write to un-bottle my love, my pain, my struggles, and my thoughts. Enjoy.

Life in the Gang

Author : Scott H. Decker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521565660
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (656 download)

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Download or read book Life in the Gang written by Scott H. Decker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-08-28 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is based on three years of field work with 99 active gang members and 24 family members. The book describes the attractiveness of gangs, the process of joining, their chaotic and loose organisation, and their members' predominant activities - mostly hanging out, drinking, and using drugs. The authors also discuss gang members' rather slapdash involvement in major property crime and their disorganised participation in drug traffic, as well as the often fatal consequences of their violent life-style. Although the book focuses on the individual, organisational, and institutional aspects of gang membership, it also explores gang members' involvement with other school and neighborhood structures. Extensive interviews with family members provide groundbreaking insights into the gang members' lives. As much as possible, however, the story is told in the gang members' own words.

The Court of Last Resort

Author : Erle Stanley Gardner
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504043456
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Court of Last Resort written by Erle Stanley Gardner and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgar Award Winner: True stories of miscarriages of justice, legal battles, and landmark reversals, by the creator of Perry Mason. In 1945, Erle Stanley Gardner, noted attorney and author of the popular Perry Mason mysteries, was contacted by an overwhelmed California public defender who believed his doomed client was innocent. William Marvin Lindley had been convicted of the rape and murder of a young girl along the banks of the Yuba River, and was awaiting execution at San Quentin. After reviewing the case, Gardner agreed to help—it seemed the fate of the “Red-Headed Killer” hinged on the testimony of a colorblind witness. Gardner’s intervention sparked the Court of Last Resort. The Innocence Project of its day, this ambitious and ultimately successful undertaking was devoted to investigating, reviewing, and reversing wrongful convictions owing to poor legal representation, prosecutorial abuses, biased police activity, bench corruption, unreliable witnesses, and careless forensic-evidence testimony. The crimes: rape, murder, kidnapping, and manslaughter. The prisoners: underprivileged and vulnerable men wrongly convicted and condemned to life sentences or death row with only one hope—the devotion of Erle Stanley Gardner and the Court of Last Resort. Featuring Gardner’s most damning cases of injustice from across the country, The Court of Last Resort won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. Originating as a monthly column in Argosy magazine, it was produced as a dramatized court TV show for NBC.

My Twenty Years in Baseball

Author : Ty Cobb
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486471837
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book My Twenty Years in Baseball written by Ty Cobb and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cobb personally wrote the story of his life for a newspaper syndicate after his 20 record-setting years in baseball. This illustrated edition is the first commercial publication of his words in book form.

Literacy and Advocacy in Adolescent Family, Gang, School, and Juvenile Court Communities

Author : Debra Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135600546
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Literacy and Advocacy in Adolescent Family, Gang, School, and Juvenile Court Communities written by Debra Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book is to encourage educators and researchers to understand the complexities of adolescent gang members' lives in order to rethink their assumptions about these students in school. The particular objective is to situate four gang members as literate, caring students from loving families whose identities and literacy keep them on the margins of school. The research described in this book suggests that advocacy is a particularly effective form of critical ethnography. Smith and Whitmore argue that until schools, as communities of practice, enable children and adolescents to retain identities from the communities in which they are full community members, frightening numbers of students are destined to fail. The stories of four Mexican American male adolescents, who were active members of a gang and Smith's students in an alternative high school program, portray the complicated, multiple worlds in which these boys live. As sons and teenage parents they live in a family community; as CRIP members they live in a gang community; as "at risk" students, drop-outs, and graduates they live in a school community, and as a result of their illegal activities they live in the juvenile court community. The authors theorize about the boys' literacy in each of their communities. Literacy is viewed as ideological, related to power, and embedded in a sociocultural context. Vivid examples of conversation, art, tagging, rap, poetry, and other language and literacy events bring the narratives to life in figures and photographs in all the chapters. Readers will find this book engaging and readable, yet thought provoking and challenging. Audiences for Literacy and Advocacy in Adolescent Family, Gang, School, and Juvenile Court Communities include education researchers, professionals, and students in the areas of middle/high school education, at-risk adolescent psychology, and alternative community programs--specifically those interested in literacy education, sociocultural theory, and popular culture.

Talon

Author : Eva Kent
Publisher : PNK Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Talon written by Eva Kent and published by PNK Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’ve never felt a sense of purpose like this before… Until I met her. I’ve caused my fair share of trouble for the Brotherhood, raising hell and stirring up chaos almost every day of the week. It took one reckless decision that endangered someone completely innocent for me to change my ways. For the last few months, I’ve kept my nose clean- I’ve been going to my classes at the local community college, I’ve taken on extra work around town and I’ve begun taking my position in the Blood Brotherhood more seriously. If I’m going to ride with the bears that protect Penfell Heights, I can’t go around creating problems that will put us all at risk. Since I’ve abandoned my mischievous ways, I've been productive. But something's missing now. I just don't know what. That is, until I lay eyes on her - the cute omega wolf that I can’t get off my mind and that my bear wants to keep close at all times. The only problem is…She’s kept on lock down by Fang - the alpha of the Street Wolf Gang whom we’ve just ended a feud with. Going after her would spark a war. She needs help, and I have an unstoppable urge to protect her like the precious flower she is. But how can I do that without putting Penfell Height and everyone in it in danger? I can’t go on living my new ordinary, well-behaved life knowing she’s miserable. I have to do something. After all, what is a Blood Brother if he doesn’t defend those that need protecting? Talon is a full length standalone and the fifth entry in the Blood Brotherhood series. If you like sexy bear shifters who will do anything to protect their mates, a strong wolf shifter heroine, motorcycle clubs, and a small town with plenty of heat, you’ll love this series!

Eighth Reader

Author : Walter Lowrie Hervey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eighth Reader written by Walter Lowrie Hervey and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Boys' Life

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boys' Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1946-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.

Journal

Author : New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1674 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journal written by New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life Goes On

Author : Alan Sillitoe
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504038576
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Life Goes On written by Alan Sillitoe and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A laugh-out-loud adventure novel starring bestselling author Alan Sillitoe’s most outrageous character: the happy bastard Michael Cullen. For most of his life, Michael Cullen was a twenty-two-carat no-good bastard, and he was quite proud of it. But after a series of outlandish criminal adventures revealed the true identity of his father, Michael made the mistake of introducing him to dear old ma. His parents wed, and Michael was a bastard no more. But he was still a rake, with a devilish sense of humor and a refreshing lack of scruples. After a disastrous escapade smuggling gold for the ruthless gangster Claude Moggerhanger, Michael resolves to go straight. But when he learns his father is writing Lord Moggerhanger’s memoirs, he falls into old habits, if only for a chance to get behind the wheel of the gangster’s Rolls Royce. With the open road in front of him, the police behind him, and randy waitresses at every lay-by, Michael will be a happy bastard once again. From the bestselling author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, Life Goes On continues the legend of one of Britain’s most unlikely heroes, which began in the classic picaresque A Start in Life. Whether chasing love, money, sex, or even peace and quiet, there is nothing Michael Cullen can’t make into an adventure. Life Goes On is the 2nd book in the Michael Cullen Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.