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GHETTOSIDE
INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE EPIDEMIC |
| By: |
Jill Leovy |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847923623 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847923622 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
5 March, 2015 |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
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 John Skaggs, this book reveals the true origins of such violence, explodes the myths surrounding policing and race. |
| Synopsis: |
This is The 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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
The Bodley Head Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger 2015 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |