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Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore´s Eastern District
Peter Moskos
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Description for Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore´s Eastern District
Paperback. When the author, a Harvard-trained sociologist, left the classroom to become a cop in Baltimore's Eastern District, he was thrust deep into police culture and the ways of the street - the nerve-rattling patrols, the thriving drug corners, and a world of poverty and violence. This book reveals the truths he learned on the midnight shift. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; JFSG; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
When Harvard-trained sociologist Peter Moskos left the classroom to become a cop in Baltimore's Eastern District, he was thrust deep into police culture and the ways of the street--the nerve-rattling patrols, the thriving drug corners, and a world of poverty and violence that outsiders never see. In Cop in the Hood, Moskos reveals the truths he learned on the midnight shift. Through Moskos's eyes, we see police academy graduates unprepared for the realities of the street, success measured by number of arrests, and the ultimate failure of the war on drugs. In addition to telling an explosive insider's story of ... Read more
When Harvard-trained sociologist Peter Moskos left the classroom to become a cop in Baltimore's Eastern District, he was thrust deep into police culture and the ways of the street--the nerve-rattling patrols, the thriving drug corners, and a world of poverty and violence that outsiders never see. In Cop in the Hood, Moskos reveals the truths he learned on the midnight shift. Through Moskos's eyes, we see police academy graduates unprepared for the realities of the street, success measured by number of arrests, and the ultimate failure of the war on drugs. In addition to telling an explosive insider's story of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691143866
SKU
V9780691143866
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About Peter Moskos
Peter Moskos is assistant professor of law, police science, and criminal justice administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and at the City University of New York's Doctoral Program in Sociology. He is a former Baltimore City police officer.
Reviews for Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore´s Eastern District
"Remarkable... Moskos manages to capture a world that most people know only through the distorting prism of television and film, where police officers are usually portrayed as quixotically heroic or contemptibly corrupt."
Daniel Horan, Wall Street Journal "Moskos's overview of policing problems covers everything from arrest quotas, corrupt cops and excess paperwork to the reliance on patrolling in cars... Moskos blends ... Read more
Daniel Horan, Wall Street Journal "Moskos's overview of policing problems covers everything from arrest quotas, corrupt cops and excess paperwork to the reliance on patrolling in cars... Moskos blends ... Read more