{"product_id":"tarnished-vision-david-robins-9780198257516","title":"Tarnished Vision: Crime and Conflict in the Inner City","description":"Once a group of young people (reformed street robbers) had a vision. To transform their poor divided community. But the vision was tarnished by harsh reality, violent feuds and factional strife, corrupt and ineffective leaders, and youths involved in networks of criminality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eL\u003cem\u003eTarnished Vision\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of the rise and fall of a utopian community project told against a background of crime and delinquency in a troubled neighbourhood. This vivid and authentic account of life in  Satellite City' is set in the 1980s, a decade when the promises of the enterprise culture failed to deliver, and the conditions were created for a generation hooked on crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eTarnished Vision\u003c\/em\u003e depicts the 1980s inner city cycle of social tragedy followed by inept societal response, followed by social tragedy. But this is not only a story for the 1980s. The message is that programmes to save the inner cities, however well-resoourced, cannot afford to ignore the destructive frustrations of urban male youths wh are involved in crime. Community action programmes can be no more than window dressing to camouflage these realities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Robins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198257511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198257516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"David Robins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47419010875647,"sku":"9780198257516","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1213fe96-48a3-4d54-9402-98259c4b65ee.jpg?v=1761508904","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tarnished-vision-david-robins-9780198257516","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}