Street Stories - The World of Police Detectives

Informationen zum Autor Robert Jackall has done several years of fieldwork with New York City police detectives and prosecutors, among whom he is known as ¿The Professor.¿ He is Class of 1956 Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Williams College. Klappentext Based on years of fieldwork with the New York City Police Department and the District Attorney of New York, this book examines the moral ambiguities of the detectives' world as they shuttle between the streets and a bureaucratic behemoth. Zusammenfassung Based on years of fieldwork with the New York City Police Department and the District Attorney of New York! this book examines the moral ambiguities of the detectives' world as they shuttle between the streets and a bureaucratic behemoth.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Jackall, Jackall Robert
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2009
• EAN: 9780674032323
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03232-3
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; New York, True Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, TRUE CRIME / General, LAW / Criminal Procedure, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Sociology & anthropology