Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern DistrictWhen 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. |
Contents
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The Police Academy | 19 |
Learning to Do Drugs | 38 |
Life on the Streets | 64 |
CHAPTER 5 911 Is a Joke | 89 |
Discretion in the Ghetto | 111 |
Al Capones Revenge | 158 |
School Daze | 184 |
Notes | 197 |
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Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District Peter Moskos No preview available - 2008 |