Dopers in Uniform The Hidden World of Police on Steroids

Informationen zum Autor JOHN HOBERMAN is a social and medical historian at the University of Texas at Austin who has spent thirty years researching, lecturing, and publishing on the various social impacts of anabolic steroids. His books include Mortal Engines: The Science of Performance and the Dehumanization of Sport and Testosterone Dreams: Rejuvenation, Aphrodisia, Doping. Klappentext Breaking down the "Blue Wall of Silence," this landmark book investigates the widespread, illegal use of anabolic steroids in major urban police departments and how it contributes to excessive violence in American policing. Zusammenfassung Breaking down the “Blue Wall of Silence,” this landmark book investigates the widespread, illegal use of anabolic steroids in major urban police departments and how it contributes to excessive violence in American policing. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroductionChapter One: What We Know about Cops on SteroidsChapter Two: Police Chiefs and the Steroid DilemmaChapter Three: Police Unions and SteroidsChapter Four: The Gym Culture, Where Muscular Cops MeetChapter Five: Steroids in the MilitaryConclusionAcknowledgmentsAppendix: An Iraq War Army Veteran on Steroid Use in Combat, by Shawn FogartyNotesIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Hoberman, John M. Hoberman
• Editore: University Of Texas Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.11.2017
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica
• EAN: 9780292759480
• ISBN: 978-0-292-75948-0
• Numero di pagine: 316
• Serie: Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports; Terry and Jan Todd Physical Cu