CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter One. The Shattering of Chicago’s Black Street Gangs 16
6. Chapter Two. From Street Organizations to Cliques: Black Street Gangs in Chicago Today 46
7. Chapter Three. The Anatomy of Contemporary Gang Violence in Chicago 78
8. Chapter Four. Understanding the Persistence of Gangs and Violence in Chicago 109
9. Chapter Five. A Critical Appraisal of Violence Prevention Failures 140
10. Conclusion. Reducing Gang Violence from the Streets Up 168
11. APPENDIX: NOTES ON POSITIONALITY, THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION, AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 197
12. A PARTIAL GLOSSARY OF CHICAGO GANG SLANG 205
13. NOTES 211
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 249
15. INDEX 267