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In the late 1900's, a more acceptable drug was cocaine, but because it was so expensive they created crack cocaine (108)

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Drug dealers don't want to do what they do, they are almost forced to do so because of their limited options.

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Uses statistics in multiple places to show expenditures and the odds of different fates occuring.

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The diction of this section isn't as you would think it would be for a drug dealing gang. It is more like a structured business. Says that there were enforcers, treasurers, and runners (96).

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After graduating from the University of Chicago, Venkatesh was accepted into the Harvard's Society of Fellows (95).

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Describes the building that the gangs used to operate out of as broken down, almost abondoned, buildings (90).

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Claims that Chicago is in an ongoing gang war with shootings daily (91).

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Advocate for the homeless states that 45 homeless people die each second in the US, accounting for 1.4 billion deaths while the population was only 225 million (86).

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Alludes to Atlanta before the 1996 Olypmpics and how they started to underreport crime to clean their record (88).

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To provide the incentives for drug dealers and why they do what they do.

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To give insight on the economics of the underground drug trade.

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To establish ethos for Venkatesh by explaining his education history while still being involved in the crack gangs of chicago and gathering credible information.

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To establish the culture and background of people who partake in drug deals.

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To show how people come to the assumption of conventional wisdom being true.

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To explain why the stereotype of drug dealers living with their moms is true.