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I know these streets-several friends were Mar Vista/Venice residents. I've also spoken at Venice High School and walked the canal bridges and boardwalk countless times over the years. Next to such violence, I also read poetry. The poor divided is nothing new; but this level of hate has roots and Karen Umemoto comes closest to uncovering the complex source of racial animosity across this land. Armed with history and solid analysis, Karen also helps toss the seeds of peace into the blistering heart of such conflicts. -- Luis J. Rodriguez, author of<I> Always Running</I>, <I>La Vida Loca</I>,<I> Gang Days in LA</I> and<I> Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times</I> The Truce is a sophisticated and timely contribution to the growing literature on urban street gangs. Umemoto has produced a well-written, empirically rich analysis of intra-racial gang conflict that works on multiple levels. Students of criminology, urban studies and race-ethnic relations will be well advised to include this important new work on the book shelves. -- David C. Brotherton, John Jay College of Criminal Justice The Truce is a very well-written and insightful narrative about a flare-up of ethnic gang violence in an old beach community of west Los Angeles. Karen Umemoto accounts for community-police relations as well as the role played by organizations and agencies. This book contains excellent analyses of legal and political events that took place under a cloud of moral panic fanned by media coverage. -- James Diego Vigil, University of California, Irvine

The Truce is a very well-written and insightful narrative about a flare-up of ethnic gang violence in an old beach community of west Los Angeles. Karen Umemoto accounts for community-police relations as well as the role played by organizations and agencies. This book contains excellent analyses of legal and political events that took place under a cloud of moral panic fanned by media coverage. -- James Diego Vigil, University of California, Irvine The Truce is a sophisticated and timely contribution to the growing literature on urban street gangs. Umemoto has produced a well-written, empirically rich analysis of intra-racial gang conflict that works on multiple levels. Students of criminology, urban studies and race-ethnic relations will be well advised to include this important new work on the book shelves. -- David C. Brotherton, John Jay College of Criminal Justice I know these streets-several friends were Mar Vista/Venice residents. I've also spoken at Venice High School and walked the canal bridges and boardwalk countless times over the years. Next to such violence, I also read poetry. The poor divided is nothing new; but this level of hate has roots and Karen Umemoto comes closest to uncovering the complex source of racial animosity across this land. Armed with history and solid analysis, Karen also helps toss the seeds of peace into the blistering heart of such conflicts. -- Luis J. Rodriguez, author of<I> Always Running</I>, <I>La Vida Loca</I>,<I> Gang Days in LA</I> and<I> Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times</I>

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Karen Umemoto is Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

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