Cop in the Hood:
My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District
Peter Moskos
With a new afterword by the author

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ADDITIONAL REVIEWS:

"For anyone interested is what being a police officer in Baltimore City is really like, Peter Moskos' in-depth, academic, and realist account in Cop in the Hood is a must-read. . . . Whether one agrees or not with Moskos' opinion on drug legalization, one will most certainly enjoy this enlightening and authoritative work on policing a rough area of Baltimore City."--Sean O'Donnell, Baltimore Republican Examiner

"Anyone interested in the study of disadvantaged neighborhoods should read this book, if only to understand the ways in which police influence the daily life in modern cities."--Andrew V. Papachristos, American Journal of Sociology

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