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In our third segment studying the history of juvenile delinquency in America, we move from 1800s NYC into the early 1900s Chicago era where our focus is exclusively on boys and younger adult males and how "community disorganization" and mass migration patterns create social gaps for gangs to form.
*Source: "the gang: a study of 1,313 gangs in Chicago" by Frederic M. Thrasher (1927 1st Ed.; 1963 Abridged Ed.)
*Photo by Ron Jones
*Source: "the gang: a study of 1,313 gangs in Chicago" by Frederic M. Thrasher (1927 1st Ed.; 1963 Abridged Ed.)
*Photo by Ron Jones
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