Chicago Area Project

CTL-E-1229 · Organization · other · 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

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Neighborhood-based delinquency prevention through resident self-organization: created independent local affiliates offering recreation, youth work, and advocacy instead of punitive control Geography: Chicago, Illinois (citywide affiliates)

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-018; source research type(s): youth_organization.

Sources

http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/950928/shaw.shtml
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Chicago+Area+Project%3A+addressing+the+gang+problem-a016045364

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