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Through research and interviews with police investigators, convicted gang associates and others, journalist and author darcy oconnor narrates the genesis and rise to power of one of montreals most powerful, colorful and violent gangs. To address the mounting concern about youth gangs, the office of juvenile justice and delinquency preventions ojjdps. Therealstreetz presents a short documentary video on the history of chicago gangs and neighborhoods of the chicago west side, east side and chicago south side. Hybrid and other modern gangs david starbuck, james c. The fracturing of gangs and violence in chicago great cities. Chicago has recently become known as chiraq and has been constantly in the news for the amount of violence, below is an example of the streets with a chicago gang map and hood map, as well a short documentary on the history of chicago gangs and more. Ive been really interested in learning about the gangs in chicago and how they operate, especially when it comes to working with the drug cartels. From organized crime to folk and people street gangs, reveal the criminal origins of more than 90 of chicagos baddest street gangs. Im wondering if there are any books that do a good job of describing everything in full detail. It is an indispensable work to understand the world we live in and essential reading for students of cities and communities.
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Crime in the city of chicago has long held the attention of both scholars and the reading public. The first gangs to arrive were the black gangster disciples and. Gangs of chicago is a 1940 film, starring lloyd nolan, barton maclane, lola lane, ray middleton, astrid allwyn, and horace mcmahon. The market street gang was made up of pickpockets, sneak thieves and labor sluggers working in the 42nd and 43rd wards. What will it take to stop gang violence in chicago.