Jun 12, 2018 chicago cbschicago street gangs are put under a magnifying glass in a new book revealed by the chicago crime commission this week. Numbers chicago has 59 active street gangs, with more than 2,000 semiautonomous factions. The chicago crime commission says the new gang book is the most comprehensive study ever of chicago street gangs. The chicago crime commissions gang book publication is an acclaimed compilation of current gang trends.
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They dont update it every year, 2012 was the last edition of the book. Sudhir venkatesh, am92, phd97, chronicles the lives of those whose livelihoods are off the books. In the 1990s, chicago gang members traveled as far afield as north dakota in order to sell drugs, often in partnership with their chicago rivals. A former chicago gang member from the bronx had this to say. A detailed overview of street gangs in the chicago metropolitan area by james w.
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