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The Stickup Kids: Race, Drugs, Violence, and the American Dream
Prof. Randol Contreras
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Description for The Stickup Kids: Race, Drugs, Violence, and the American Dream
Paperback. The author came of age in the South Bronx during the 1980s, a time when the community was devastated by cuts in social services, a rise in arson and abandonment, and the rise of crack-cocaine. This title provides an insider's look at the workings of a group of Dominican drug robbers. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFFH1; JFSL1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412. Race, Drugs, Violence, and the American Dream. 296 pages, illustrations. The author came of age in the South Bronx during the 1980s, a time when the community was devastated by cuts in social services, a rise in arson and abandonment, and the rise of crack-cocaine. This title provides an insider's look at the workings of a group of Dominican drug robbers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFFH1; JFSL1; JFSP2. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight: 412.
Randol Contreras came of age in the South Bronx during the 1980s, a time when the community was devastated by cuts in social services, a rise in arson and abandonment, and the rise of crack-cocaine. For this riveting book, he returns to the South Bronx with a sociological eye and provides an unprecedented insider's look at the workings of a group of Dominican drug robbers. Known on the streets as "Stickup Kids", these men raided and brutally tortured drug dealers storing large amounts of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and cash. As a participant observer, Randol Contreras offers both a personal and ... Read more
Randol Contreras came of age in the South Bronx during the 1980s, a time when the community was devastated by cuts in social services, a rise in arson and abandonment, and the rise of crack-cocaine. For this riveting book, he returns to the South Bronx with a sociological eye and provides an unprecedented insider's look at the workings of a group of Dominican drug robbers. Known on the streets as "Stickup Kids", these men raided and brutally tortured drug dealers storing large amounts of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and cash. As a participant observer, Randol Contreras offers both a personal and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
411g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520273382
SKU
V9780520273382
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About Prof. Randol Contreras
Randol Contreras is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto.
Reviews for The Stickup Kids: Race, Drugs, Violence, and the American Dream
"An important book. . . . Not your typical ethnography. . . . [This is] a story told from the inside out."
Michael B. Greene
PsycCRITIQUES
"Hard-hitting, gravitating, and reflexive . . . Dr. Contreras shines in providing readers a greater level of coomplexity and nuance to understand these experiences."
Robert J. Duran
Journal of Qualitative ... Read more
Michael B. Greene
PsycCRITIQUES
"Hard-hitting, gravitating, and reflexive . . . Dr. Contreras shines in providing readers a greater level of coomplexity and nuance to understand these experiences."
Robert J. Duran
Journal of Qualitative ... Read more