Title Operation Fly Trap : L.A. gangs, drugs, and the law / Susan A. Phillips.

Publication Info.	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
	©2012

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Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The game -- Charlotte's web -- Broken families -- Cutting the head off the snake -- The prosecutor's darling -- Conclusion: Fruit of the poison tree.
Summary	In 2003, an FBI-led task force known as Operation Fly Trap attempted to dismantle a significant drug network in two Bloods-controlled, African American neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The operation would soon be considered an enormous success, noted for the precision with which the task force targeted and removed gang members otherwise entrenched in larger communities. In Operation Fly Trap, Susan A. Phillips questions both the success of this operation and the methods used to conduct it. Based on in-depth ethnographic research with Fly Trap participants, Phillips & rsquo;s work brings together po.
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Subject	Gangs -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies.
	Gangs.
	California -- Los Angeles.
Genre/Form	Case studies.
Subject	Drug control -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Drug control -- Social aspects.
	United States.
	Drug control.
	Drug traffic -- Investigation -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies.
	Drug traffic -- Investigation.
	Gang prevention -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies.
	Gang prevention.
	Drug enforcement agents -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies.
	Drug enforcement agents.
	Informers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies.
	Informers.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Case studies.
Other Form:	Print version: Phillips, Susan A., 1969- Operation Fly Trap. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012 9780226667652 (DLC) 2011036114 (OCoLC)748812914
ISBN	9780226667676 (electronic book)
	0226667677 (electronic book)
	9780226667652
	0226667650
	9780226667669
	0226667669
Standard No.	7202273

Title Operation Fly Trap : L.A. gangs, drugs, and the law / Susan A. Phillips.

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