Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
 

Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

by Sudhir Venkatesh

First introduced in Freakonomics, here is the full story of Sudhir Venkatesh, the sociology grad student who infiltrated one of Chicago's most notorious gangs

The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how ... (read more)

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