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Recreating his childhood world in the South Bronx and examining current crime legislation, the author offers an analysis of how a chain of events set in motion

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Geoffrey Canada's childhood world in South Bronx was one where "sidewalk boys" learned the codes of the block and were ranked through the rituals of fist, stick

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Breaking the Cycle tells the inspiring story of young people whom many would write off as a lost cause but who, thanks to a remarkable school, are headed for su

This investigation into urban homicide covers two centuries of murder in America's biggest city. Combining statistical evidence with many other documentary sour