For more than 60 years, Times Square has reigned as one of New York's premiere tourist attractions. In recent years, an average of 20 million people visit New York City, and Times Square is a sight most do not miss. The reason for this is that Times Square holds something for everyone: theaters, restaurants, entertainment, and a transportation center that brings almost 400,000 people into the city every day. For a sociologist interested in studying crime and the ways in which deviant networks and communities emerge, Times Square offers numerous opportunities. Because large segments of these groups pride themselves on anonymity, many researchers employ ethnographic research methods. The articles in this manuscript focus on the various aspects of Time Square using the ethnographic approach. The topics include the sex trade, drugs and drug dealing, recent redevelopment efforts, the social ecology of Times Square, and a discussion of police operations in this marketplace.
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United States of America, USA, Urban communities, Anthropology, Crime and criminology
"Its complete treatment of Times Square informs those of us who seek to revitalize our urban centers and provides us with a remarkable breadth of experience and vision that can be applied elsewhere. Students of sociology, planning, political science, criminal justice, social work, and history will all benefit from this well-written and coherent treatment of our nation's most salient urban symbol."-Kirk W. Elifson Professor of Sociology, Georgia State University, "This is a very valuable contribution on one of the best known but least understood urban scenes in the United States. This book looks at the street life of Times Square from many different angles and perspectives, which allows the reader to go behind the scenes and observe the sociology of urban life. The book is particularly strong in detailing the ethnographic method that is enjoying a resurgence in sociology. For that reason, this book will be useful in a research methods class to give students a view of the richness of qualitative method."-John Fuller Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice West Georgia College
ROBERT P. MCNAMARA is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Furman University. He is the author of The Times Square Hustler: Male Prostitution in New York City (Praeger, 1994), Crime Displacement: The Other Side of PreventionThe Urban Landscape: Selected Readings with Kristy McNamara (1995), Managing A Deviant Status: Field Research and the Labeling Perspective with Deanna Ramey and Linda Henry (1995), Sex, Drugs, and HIV (forthcoming), and Police and Policing with Dennis Kenney (forthcoming). He has been a consultant for state, federal, and private agencies on topics such as AIDS, drug abuse, policing, and gang violence.
For more than 60 years, Times Square has reigned as one of New York's premiere tourist attractions. In recent years, an average of 20 million people visit New York City, and Times Square is a sight most do not miss. The reason for this is that Times Square holds something for everyone: theaters, restaurants, entertainment, and a transportation center that brings almost 400,000 people into the city every day. For a sociologist interested in studying crime and the ways in which deviant networks and communities emerge, Times Square offers numerous opportunities. Because large segments of these groups pride themselves on anonymity, many researchers employ ethnographic research methods. The articles in this manuscript focus on the various aspects of Time Square using the ethnographic approach. The topics include the sex trade, drugs and drug dealing, recent redevelopment efforts, the social ecology of Times Square, and a discussion of police operations in this marketplace.
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Robert P. McNamaraEAN: 9780275953591COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: WEIGHT: 0 gHEIGHT: 0 cm
PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIODATE PUBLISHED: 1995-11-30CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralWIDTH: 0 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
United States of America, USA, Urban communities, Anthropology, Crime and criminology
ROBERT P. MCNAMARA is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Furman University. He is the author of The Times Square Hustler: Male Prostitution in New York City (Praeger, 1994), Crime Displacement: The Other Side of PreventionThe Urban Landscape: Selected Readings with Kristy McNamara (1995), Managing A Deviant Status: Field Research and the Labeling Perspective with Deanna Ramey and Linda Henry (1995), Sex, Drugs, and HIV (forthcoming), and Police and Policing with Dennis Kenney (forthcoming). He has been a consultant for state, federal, and private agencies on topics such as AIDS, drug abuse, policing, and gang violence.
Die verhaal van die kasarm en die Calitze kom tot 'n mooi einde
Ek kan nie ’n boek summier toemaak nadat die slotsin geskryf is nie. Ek lees álles, tot by die outeursnotas en die bronnelys (gewoonlik gooi ek darem net vlugtig ’n oog oor die bonne!). Chanette Paul maak in die nota oor Maanschijnbaai 2, die verdere verhaal van Nan en Jeannie, die stelling: “Lesers moet my asseblief vergewe dat my verbeelding altyd die oorhand oor die werklikheid kry en verdigsel voorkeur bo feite.” (p.635) Ek wil daarby aanhaak en bieg dat ’n uitstekende verhoudingsroman soos hierdie tydelik die oorhand gekry het oor my traagheid om te lees oor reïnkarnasie en die esoteriese. Die klomp Calitzse het my tyd en aandag totaal gekaap.
Die skrywer wy die laaste bladsye aan ’n verduideliking oor hoe die Maanschijnbaai-tweeluik ontstaan het. Sy beweer dat die Calitze haar “onkant” betrap het. Sy wou ’n romanse skryf maar uiteindelik was die karakters so kompleks dat dit op twee dik boeke en ’n intense familiedrama uitgeloop het.
Van die onderskeie karakters raak diep waarhede kwyt wat die moeite werd is om te onderstreep en te onthou, soos Zach wat dit gehad het oor die risiko om iemand op ’n pedestal te plaas omdat jy daardeur die persoon ’n onreg aandoen. (p.539) En Nan, wat die hele klomp Calitze moes grootkry, se wyse raad: “Met eerlikheid, Jeannie, kom ’n mens baie verder as met opoffering. Met eerlikheid gee jy almal ’n regverdige kans. Opoffering beteken bloot jy doen iets teen jou sin omdat jy glo dit sal ander baat.” (p.613)
Maak seker dat jy genoeg tyd op hande het, dan lees jy hierdie tweeluik in volgorde, Jo & Sue, gevolg deur Nan & Jeannie. Dit is hersien en met splinternuwe, pragtige baadjies uitgegee deur Lapa Uitgewers.
A very practical approach and the tools to go along with it
Very useful. The book provides a structure and an approach that I would have been useful earlier in my investing. I like the five gates and in particular the attention to quality and management's capital allocation decisions. I will also apply the idea of the stewardship log to get more explicit on my investment theses. This is kind of the practical aspect of what I learned from the Psychology of Money.
the title ties in really nicley the more towards the end but the title for the book suits it real...
the book is very slow burn and takes a while for like captivating parts of the book .but the middle to the end the pace of the book is really nice the beginning is just repetitive and and trust the processes
Skuld en vergifnis word nie versuiker in hierdie jeugverhaal nie
Twee halwes maak ’n hele is die wenner van ’n jeugboekprys. Ek moes myself gedurig herinner wat die teikenmark nou eintlik is, want die sake wat aangeraak word, is geensins beperk tot jeugdige lesers nie. Die sterk newe-karakters dra daartoe by die selfs baie ouer lesers goed aanklank kan vind by die storielyn wat ontvou.
“Hulle sê as jy iemand vergewe, lig jy ’n vrag van daardie persoon se skouers af. Maar miskien is sommige dinge net te swaar om van iemand anders se skouers te lig?” (p.178) Baie aandag word gegee aan skuld en vergifnis, maar geen suikeromhulde kitsoplossings word aangebied nie. Dit sou die storie beslis vervlak het.
Na die aardskuddende ontdekking wat Lira gemaak het, gaan sy vir drie maande na ’n Griekse eiland en maak sy kennis met haar ander helfte, ’n halfsuster wat presies die teenoorgestelde is van haar eie ingetoë, overthinking self. Ek het daarvan gehou dat hulle, die verskille ten spyt, nie in heftige konflik was nie. Eerder besig om algaande te ontdek dat hulle by mekaar kan aanpas en albei sterker daardeur kan kom.
Marita van der Vyver is ’n waardige wenner van die Tafelberg Jeugboekprys en hierdie boek hoort beslis in van der Vyver versamelings. Dit is uitgegee deur Tafelberg, ’n druknaam van Jonathan Ball Uitgewers.
