Literature Review and Bibliography
Book #1
Reducing Youth Gang Violence
The chapter of this book speaks on the growing violence in communities in Chicago, and the way in which the original system of intervening and preventing crime by police officers, community involvement, and social agencies is not working to prevent violence anymore. This program, the Little Village Gang Violence Reduction program had a goal to target two of the communities rival gangs, the Two-Six and the Latin Kings with a combination of outreach work, a team that focused on intervention, management of cases, youth service providers, and finally suppression.
Book #2
Space and Place
This book focuses on the way in which people interact with the spaces around them, the attitude people take on the experiences they live based on their places they encounter. The author also explains the ways in which people become aware of their place in the environment they are set in.
Article #1
Street Gang Crime in Chicago
This article gives an in-depth description of the different chicago gangs dating back to when they were formed, the communities they based around, and the alliances they created with each other at certain points in time. This article dates back to the gang activity in the 90’s and even gives maps and charts of the types of crimes and crime rates relating to each gang and the neighborhoods they originate from.
Website #1
Radioactive: Stories from Behind the Wall
This is a web page focusing on the work of artist Maria Gaspar and her work with the Cook County jail based in the Little Village neighborhood in Chicago. It describes and shows her radio/visual broadcasting project focusing on some of the many incarcerated people and their experiences behind the walls that enclose the jail.
Website #2
Craft Happening:Tanya Aguiniga Vs. The Beverly Hills Police
This page touches on the projects done by this visual artist who uses multiple mediums in her work such as crafting and performance art. She connects culture, craft, and performance to create most of her artwork and capture the attention of multiple audiences.
Bibliography
Block, Carolyn Rebecca, and Richard Block. “Street Gang Crime in Chicago.” University of Michigan Libraries, 1994, books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=cozaAAAAMAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=gang+violence+in+little+village+chicago&ots=qMTglPmg-d&sig=w1KoA5BL4E4ffp2c6mG72mAqrYI#v=onepage&q=gang%20violence%20in%20little%20village%20chicago&f=false.
Gaspar, Maria. “Radioactive: Stories From Beyond The Wall.” Maria Gaspar, 2018, mariagaspar.com/radioactive-stories-from-beyond-the-wall.
Spergel, Irving A. Reducing Youth Gang Violence. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, INC., 2007.
Tewksbury, Drew. “Craft Happening: Tanya Aguiñiga Vs. the Beverly Hills Police.” KCET, 18 Apr. 2018, www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/craft-happening-tanya-aguiniga-vs-the-beverly-hills-police.
Tuan, Yi-Fu. Space and Place. University of Minnesota Press, 1977.
