An edition of Vice (2011)

Vice

one cop's story of patrolling America's most dangerous city

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Cover of: Vice by John R. Baker, John R. Baker
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An edition of Vice (2011)

Vice

one cop's story of patrolling America's most dangerous city

1st ed.

by

  • 3 Want to read

A decorated Compton Police Department veteran describes how his career was marked by emerging gang activity, Mafia crimes and minimal resources, in a personal account that reveals his participation in some of the troubled city's most notorious cases.

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St. Martin's Press
Language
English
Pages
410

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Subjects

Police, Biography, Crime, Police, biography, Police, california, Crime, united states

People

John R. Baker (1942-)

Places

Compton, California
Edition Availability
Cover of: Vice
Vice: one cop's story of patrolling America's most dangerous city
2011, St. Martin's Press
in English - 1st ed.

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Table of Contents

A model community
White flight, black rage
Part of the uniform: the golden garter
Apartheid, de tente, and the great penile duel
Rut, Crosby, and the rise of the gangs
Panthers, Water Way, and the standoff in Victory Park
Bullets in the laundromat, Shondra, and the bomb
Rape, politics, and other crimes
The service center and the Devil's Disciples
Rapunzel, the election, and the pastry chef
Miami and the siege of city hall
Douglas Dollarhide's chief, Doris Davis's balls, and politics, Compton style
Tarzan, a severed head, and the shack
Lueders Park, the Olympics, and Mexico
The councilman's dilemma, the back door, and the giant
A gun to my head, casinos, and Mulberry Street
Rut returns, the Sentinel, and the Stinkers
The ballet, the hypnotist, and the task force
Boot Hill, the chief's mother, and Jack in the Box
Richard III, the Stardust, and Orchard Street
Gangstas, the Carnival, and the ritual
Aftermath
Compton Coda.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
363.2092, B
Library of Congress
HV7911.B26 A3 2011, HV7911.B26A3 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 410 pages, [16] pages of plates :
Number of pages
410

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OL26340798M
Internet Archive
viceonecopsstory00sgtj
ISBN 10
0312596871
ISBN 13
9780312596873
LCCN
2010037517
OCLC/WorldCat
650209697

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