Ghettoside: Investigating a Homicide Epidemic

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Product ID:	9781784700768
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Ghettoside
Subtitle:	Investigating a Homicide Epidemic
Authors:	Author: Jill Leovy
Page Count:	384
Subjects:	True crime, True crime, California
Description:	Select Guide Rating Why would you kill your neighbour? Based on the best part of a decade embedded with the homicide units of the LAPD, this work of reportage takes us onto the streets, inside the homes and into the lives of a community wracked by a homicide epidemic. THE MULTI-AWARD WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 Why would you kill your neighbour? Based on the best part of a decade embedded with the homicide units of the LAPD, this groundbreaking work of reportage takes us onto the streets, inside the homes and into the lives of a community wracked by a homicide epidemic. Through the gripping story of one particular murder – of an eighteen-year-old boy named Bryant Tennelle, gunned down one evening in spring for no apparent reason – and of its investigation by a brilliant, ferociously driven detective – a blond, surfer-turned-cop named John Skaggs – it reveals the true origins of such violence, explodes the myths surrounding policing and race and shows that the only way to reverse the cycle of violence is with justice.
Imprint Name:	Vintage
Publisher Name:	Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2015-10-29

Weight	272 g
Dimensions	201 × 135 × 24 mm