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Description for Guns and Gangs
Paperback. Investigates into the shocking realities of gun crime on Britain's streets. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; JKVJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
An unprecedented investigation into the shocking realities of gun crime on Britain's streets, "Guns and Gangs" lifts the lid on a hugely important modern-day problem - an expensive problem both in terms of money and young lives. After terrorism, the single greatest worry for law enforcement agencies is gun crime, and in particular 'black on black' shootings. McLagan has had exclusive access to police files and case histories. Alongside his findings from these records are interviews with police officers, victims and their families, witnesses, lawyers and perpetrators of gun crime. The result is a unique, fascinating and horrifying expose of ... Read more
An unprecedented investigation into the shocking realities of gun crime on Britain's streets, "Guns and Gangs" lifts the lid on a hugely important modern-day problem - an expensive problem both in terms of money and young lives. After terrorism, the single greatest worry for law enforcement agencies is gun crime, and in particular 'black on black' shootings. McLagan has had exclusive access to police files and case histories. Alongside his findings from these records are interviews with police officers, victims and their families, witnesses, lawyers and perpetrators of gun crime. The result is a unique, fascinating and horrifying expose of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749007676
SKU
KEX0240519
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Graeme McLagan
GRAEME McCLAGAN specialises in long-term investigations for BBC news and current affairs programmes. He has been the BBC's expert on police corruption for more than twenty years, presenting three Panorama programmes on the subject as well as several major stories for Newsnight. He won the Royal Television Society prize for his scoops while covering the 'Arms for Iraq' scandal and was commended ... Read more
Reviews for Guns and Gangs
'Graeme McLagan provides, perhaps for the first time, real answers - Compelling, if disturbing, reading' Evening Standard 'Chilling' Simon Jenkins, Sunday Times