How nice to post something that will not mention… hmmm… shall we say, oh hell, let’s not say anything at all. There’s a great short (16 minute) audio interview of me talking about crime and police and drug legalization. I get a kick how the hook of the interview is the “liberal sociologist.” By police…
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Just because you “got a job” doesn’t mean I won’t arrest you.
Well, ifany publicity is good publicity, I’ve sure been getting a lot of good publicity. The latest is by Jennifer Howard at The Chronicle of Higher Education. May 2, 2008 Princeton U. Press Recalls Typo-Filled Book and Says It Will Reprint Princeton University Press has recalled all copies of one of its spring titles after…
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I got a call from Laura Vozzella of the Baltimore Sunthe other day. I thought maybe she was a reviewer asking about a press release from Princeton Press telling reviewers to hold off until the new edition is out. But I got worried when I started talking about the errors and heard the tapity-tap-type of…
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Don’t take heroin, it’s an ugly drug.
If Amazon isn’t accepting orders for my book right now, how is my Amazon sales rank going up?
“Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey has reassigned the 135-officer Narcotics Strike Force to more general crime-fighting duties.” This from Andrew Maykuth and Barbara Boyer’s article in the Philadelphia Inquirer. I’m all for it. The Commissioner called the department “overspecialized.” Right on! “It may be disappointing to you,” he said. “A lot of people thought my…
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If you’re stinky, please take a bath.
I was on National Public Radio’s “On Point” today. You can listen to it here. It’s a quick hour.
Pulled from the shelves! Indeed, if you don’t already have a copy of Cop in the Hood, odds are you’re not getting one for a couple of weeks. No, I didn’t fake the whole thing. No, the book isn’t a safety hazard. No, there’s nothing substantively wrong with the book. But the book is an…
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