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Sudhir Venkatesh, a sociology graduate student, entered a Chicago housing project to conduct a survey on urban poverty. His unexpected friendship with gang leader JT led him to spend years inside the community, observing and recording the gang’s operations, social interactions, and the neighborhood’s struggles. The book presents the firsthand account of how Venkatesh’s immersive research reshaped academic approaches to studying organized crime and the urban poor.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
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