"Knjiga temelji na skoraj dve leti trajajoči raziskavi kriminalnega podzemlja v St. Louisu v ameriški državi Missouri. Na podlagi kvalitativnih metod zbiranja podatkov oziroma obsežnih pogovorov z aktivnimi uličnimi prestopniki so preučevali etične in vedenjske norme tako imenovanih skritih populacij, to je mestne/ulične subkulture, kriminalnega podzemlja, stigmatiziranih ali nezakonith skupin, pot do katerih ni preprosta. Raziskava se je osredotočila na proces in strukture (tudi tipologijo) maščevanja med uličnimi kriminalnimi skupinami oziroma kriminalci, ki so bodisi v vlogi žrtve, storilca ali obeh poročali iz lastnih izkušenj."
"This study examines the structure, process and forms of retaliation in contemporary urban America where street criminals employ it instead of recourse to the criminal justice system. It explores retaliation from a first hand perspective, based on interviews with currently active street criminals rather than prisoners."
"Street criminals live in a dangerous world, but they cannot rely on the criminal justice system to protect them from predation by fellow lawbreakers; they often use retaliation as a mechanism for deterring and responding to victimization. This explores retaliation from the perspective of those who have experienced it first hand."@en

Street justice retaliation in the criminal world