{"product_id":"the-stickup-kids-9780520273382","title":"The Stickup Kids","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important book. . . . Not your typical ethnography. . . . [This is] a story told from the inside out.\" -- Michael B. Greene * PsycCRITIQUES *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 Criminal Justice and Criminology *\u003cbr\u003e\"At once a sensational, detailed, stomach-churning account of extreme violence and a sober, solid piece of social science research that makes a number of important contributions to our understanding of how violence is situated in structural, cultural, historical, and, especially, situational context. . . . finely wrought, first class social science . . . profound.\" -- Mercer L. Sullivan * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Stickup Kids \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a unique insight for researchers, criminal justice representatives, advocates, and policy-makers who want to improve the overall well-being marginalized and segregated racial and ethnic minority communities. . . . A valuable addition.\" * Journal of Criminal Justice Education *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Acknowledgments  Introduction  Part I: Becoming Stickup Kids 1. The Rise of the South Bronx and Crack 2. Crack Days: Getting Paid 3. Rikers Island: Normalizing Violence 4. The New York Boys: Tail Enders of the Crack Era 5. Crack is Dead  Part II: Doing the Stickup 6. The Girl 7. Getting the Shit 8. Drug Robbery Torture 9. Splitting the Profits 10. Living the Dream: Life after a Drug Robbery  Part III: Todo Tiene Su Final 11. Fallen Stars  Conclusion  Notes Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864880984407,"sku":"9780520273382","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-stickup-kids-9780520273382","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}