Author:
Contreras, Randol, 1971-
Imprint:Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2013.
Descriptionxix, 271 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Becoming stickup kids -- The rise of the south Bronx and crack -- Crack days : getting paid -- Rikers island : normalizing violence -- The New York boys : tail enders of the crack era -- Crack is dead -- Doing the stickup -- The girl -- Getting the shit -- Drug robbery torture -- Splitting the profits -- Living the dream : life after a drug robbery -- Todo Tiene Su final -- Fallen stars -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
