Gang Leader for a Day

Gang Leader for a Day

A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

Recounts the story of a young sociologist whose infiltration of a Chicago drug gang was originally introduced in the work "Freakonomics," describing the author's idealism, his friendship with gang leader JT, and his witness to the organization's crack-selling trade.
Published:2008
ISBN:9780143114932
Genre:Social Science

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