Bent Coppers - The Inside Story of Scotland Yard''s Battle Against Police Corruption

Zusatztext If you want a book that is genuinely 'unputdownable' read Bent Coppers Informationen zum Autor Graeme McLagan specialises in long-term investigations for BBC news and current affairs programmes. He has been the BBC's expert on police corruption for more than twenty years, presenting three Panorama programmes on the subject as well as several major stories for Newsnight. He won the Royal Television Society prize for his scoops while covering the 'Arms for Iraq' scandal and was commended in 1998 for Bent, the second of his Panorama programmes on police corruption. He is the co-author of Mr Evil, the story of David Copeland, the neo-Nazi bomber. Born in London and still living there, Graeme McLagan is married with two grown-up children. The Newcastle Journal was his first newspaper, followed by the Daily Mail in London. He joined the BBC in 1971, becoming Home Affairs reporter and then Special Correspondent. Klappentext The inside story of a secret unit that has worked under cover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police since the early 1990s. 'If you want a book that is genuinely 'unputdownable' read BENT COPPERS' THE SUN Vorwort The inside story of a secret unit that has worked under cover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police since the early 1990s. 'If you want a book that is genuinely 'unputdownable' read BENT COPPERS' THE SUN Zusammenfassung The inside story of a secret unit that has worked under cover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police since the early 1990s. 'If you want a book that is genuinely 'unputdownable' read BENT COPPERS' THE SUN

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Graeme McLagan, McLagan Graeme
• Editore: Orion
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.10.2007
• EAN: 9780752859026
• ISBN: 978-0-7528-5902-6
• Pagine: 480
• Dimensioni: 125 mm x 182 mm x 31 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Gialli; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia contemporanea (dal 1945 al 1989); Law, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Law Enforcement, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Corruption, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, LAW / Antitrust, Political corruption, TRUE CRIME / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Criminal justice law, Corruption in society