Author: William Ker Muir Jr.
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: politicians, streetcorner, police
Number of Pages: 306
Published: 1979-06-15
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0226546330
ISBN-13: 9780226546339

"This book . . . examines the problem of police corruption . . . in such a way that the stereotype of the crude, greedy cop who is basically a grown-up delinquent, if not an out-and-out robber, yields to portraits of particular men, often of earnest good will and even more than ordinary compassion, contending with an enormously demanding and challenging job."—Robert Coles, New Yorker "Other social scientists have observed policemen on patrol, or have interviewed them systematically. Professor Muir has brought the two together, and, because of the philosophical depth he brings to his commenta

Author: Bruce A. Jacobs
Publisher: Northeastern
Keywords: northeastern, series, criminal, behavior, selling, streetcorner, crack, social, world, dealing
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 1999-04-29
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 1555533876
ISBN-13: 9781555533878

During the 1980s, addiction to crack cocaine escalated at an alarming rate. As the demand for crack grew, so did the economic opportunities for entrepreneurial street dealers, who developed criminal underground networks for the supply and retail sale of the high-profit substance. While crack cocaine use has since plateaued and is on the decline, hard-core dealers persist in selling the increasingly unprofitable drug in a high-risk, competitive street market.Bruce A. Jacobs bases his study on dangerous field research conducted in one of the most socially distressed and impoverished neighborhood