Sudhir venkatesh, the protagonist of the book and its author, wakes up one morning in the robert taylor homes projects in chicago. Gang leader for a day and millions of other books are available for instant access. Skys special correspondent alex crawford meets a gang member who makes a living killing people, as shrien dewani is cleared of hiring hitmen to kill his wife anni on their honeymoon. A day in the life of a gang member gangs police magazine. Professor turns gang lead er for a day columbia university sociology professor sudhir venkatesh spent seven years following a street gang that dealt crack around a. Eventually, sudhir takes over jts position as gang leader for one day, and sees how jt manages the foot soldiers who sell drugs, the community organizers like pastor wilkins, officer reggie, and autry who mediate between gangs, and the other people like johnny, who run stores in the area.
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Sudhir venkatesh becomes gang leader for a day after infiltrating one of chicagos most notorious gangs, sociologist sudhir venkatesh stayed for seven years, getting to know the dealers and. Gang leader for a day summary my year of books medium. Meet the mole people living beneath the las vegas strip duration. Shocking pictures show what life is like in new york gang. Look back over this day in the life description and count the serious violations. Four gang members shared their stories of what its like inside a gang and how difficult it can be to get out. Former gang members wanted to stop gun violence in chicago. A rogue sociologist takes to the streets from the worlds largest community of readers. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in gang leader for a day, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Sudhir venkatesh was of east indian heritage and lived and was educated in an uppermiddle class neighborhood in southern california. Sudhir venkateshs memoir of his years observing life in chicagos inner city is a book unlike any other i have read, equal parts comedy and tragedy.