Economic Sociology More unusually among ethnographers, Goffman has faced some vicious sexism. Matthew Reisz is a reporter for Times Higher Education. War/Military Gender Religion Methodology/Statistics Sex/Sexuality The gang leader is a complex character - an ultra-violent college educated gang member who left work because racism meant that he was never going to be promoted beyond store boy. [4][5] A street prostitute was arrested about once per 450 sexual encounters ("tricks"). Lgbtq Government/The State Get a month's unlimited access to THE content online. He found that most foot soldiers in drug gangs make only $3.30 an hour. When approached by Times Higher Education, several took the opportunity to respond to the points Lubet had made. Matthew Reisz examines how ethnographers can produce work that is both credible and robust, Vicky Conway on the corrosive effect of unchecked power, Witnessing the work of military surgical teams in Afghanistan caused conflicting emotions in an academic author and a sense of the futility of war and of his own profession, The power of immersive research, and what it is like to be an academic who spends months at sea, Jean-Eric Paquet warns that on open data, research collaboration and academic mobility, EU-China links are not always reciprocal, Universities told that emphasis on tackling pandemic, climate change and digital transformation may require ‘reshuffling of money’, University scientists prove nimble, but still wish for government allies, Study says findings are ‘concrete evidence to support concerns about racist and sexist misappropriation of research’. resort to. This claim, unsurprisingly, has always been contentious. Du Bois Prejudice/Discrimination Venkatesh also authored a 2008 book titled, Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes To The Streets. Discourse/Language He also served as co-editor of the American Sociological Association journal entitled "City & Community". Health/Medicine Crime/Law/Deviance Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh (born 1966) is an American sociologist and urban ethnographer. Foucault 61+ Mins Race/Ethnicity [2] In 2017, it was reported that AMC Networks would be developing a drama series adaptation from the book. Science/Technology Globalization In his most recent book, Gang Leader for a Day (GLD), sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh chronicles his first foray into social science research at the tender age of 23 when he … Disability But this is about more than gangs. Condoms were used in only 20% of the contacts.[6]. In his work, Venkatesh has documented criminal gangs and the drug trade, and has written about the dynamics of the underground economy including street prostitution, contributing his findings to the research of economics professor Steven Levitt.