What social, political and economic forces contributed to the rise of the Bloods and Crips in the 1970s? What caused the gangs to grow and become more violent in the 1980s? What were the effects of Operation Hammer? What was its relation to national politics and changes in the criminal justice system during the War on Drugs? Why did race, class and geographic space (Wacquant) play such a large role in shaping who got incarcerated and why after 1980?What social, political and economic forces contributed to the rise of the Bloods and Crips in the 1970s? What caused the gangs to grow and become more violent in the 1980s? What were the effects of Operation Hammer? What was its relation to national politics and changes in the criminal justice system during the War on Drugs? Why did race, class and geographic space (Wacquant) play such a large role in shaping who got incarcerated and why after 1980?What social, political and economic forces contributed to the rise of the Bloods and Crips in the 1970s? What caused the gangs to grow and become more violent in the 1980s? What were the effects of Operation Hammer? What was its relation to national politics and changes in the criminal justice system during the War on Drugs? Why did race, class and geographic space (Wacquant) play such a large role in shaping who got incarcerated and why after 1980?What social, political and economic forces contributed to the rise of the Bloods and Crips in the 1970s? What caused the gangs to grow and become more violent in the 1980s? What were the effects of Operation Hammer? What was its relation to national politics and changes in the criminal justice system during the War on Drugs? Why did race, class and geographic space (Wacquant) play such a large role in shaping who got incarcerated and why after 1980?What social, political and economic forces contributed to the rise of the Bloods and Crips in the 1970s? What caused the gangs to grow and become more violent in the 1980s? What were the effects of Operation Hammer? What was its relation to national politics and changes in the criminal justice system during the War on Drugs? Why did race, class and geographic space (Wacquant) play such a large role in shaping who got incarcerated and why after 1980?What social, political and economic forces contributed to the rise of the Bloods and Crips in the 1970s? What caused the gangs to grow and become more violent in the 1980s? What were the effects of Operation Hammer? What was its relation to national politics and changes in the criminal justice system during the War on Drugs? Why did race, class and geographic space (Wacquant) play such a large role in shaping who got incarcerated and why after 1980?