Academic Quote by Tod Goldberg

I'm really fascinated by how the mob ethos permeates places like Las Vegas and Chicago. I have the book set in Las Vegas and…

— Tod Goldberg

When some of the gangs got involved with the drug trade, particularlythe crack cocaine trade, and the lethal violence started to flare up in…

— Meda Chesney-Lind

I grew up in Los Angeles when the racial tensions between blacks and Mexicans were very high. Gang violence was very prevalent.

— Miguel

As soon as I understood what was going on in San Francisco, which was in 1965 and '66, I immediately left Chicago where I…

— Steve Miller

“Crime Beat: Stories of Cops and Killers”

— List-Series

Many areas of Los Angeles have gang problems.

— Ross Kemp

I think the "crime novel" has replaced the sociological novel of the 1930s. I think the progenitor of that tradition is James M. Cain,…

— James Lee Burke

“And with the decline of the traditional manufacturing industries in recent years, it's getting worse, not better. As capital becomes more fluid and it…

— Noam Chomsky

Where I grew up, in New Jersey, there was a lot of organised crime activity. It was a part of life.

— Frankie Valli

Crime seems to change character when it crosses a bridge or a tunnel. In the city, crime is taken as emblematic of class and…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Chicago is complicated and complex and very violent but also very rich with history and tradition and art and culture - it's all these…

— Vic Mensa

I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but…

— Richard Jeni