Rachel DiCarlo Currie writes a very nice review of Cop in the Hood in The American. The most encouraging aspect of this book is its portrait of the police officers themselves. Moskos holds his former colleagues in the highest esteem, and he takes offense at claims that urban cops are crooked and racist. There will…
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The latest issue of Drug War Chronicle has an excellent reviewof Cop in the Hood. “As revelatory as it is sometimes disturbing…. Engaging, even riveting”
Evidently I’m going to meet Steven Hirsch on Thursday at the Non-Motivational Speakers Series. His blog, Courthouse Confessions, is fascinating. Too much for me to read right now…. There’s an interview with him here.
Gelf Magazine has an excellent interview with me in advance of me being part of the Non-Motivational Speakers Series this coming Thursday. It’s always a little scary to read what you said. Because sometimes you didn’t say it. Other times you did say it, but it’s not what you meant. In this case, I said…
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Mark your calenders for next Thursday, October 23. I’ll be entertaining the crowd with discussions about policing, the war on drugs, and Cop in the Hood. All this at the wonderfully titled “Non-Motivational Speakers Series.” Tell your friends. Best yet, this event is at a bar. No, none of that stuffy academic pretension (no pipes…
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Apparently I’m going to be on the radio again Monday. But this time I can actually listen to what I say. It’s a rerun.
I always leave Baltimore loving it more than ever. This time was no exception. Except I was really wet. Man did it rain. A shame, considering the Book Fest was outdoors. Yeah, they had tents. But it was wet. Man did it rain. I got in on Friday night and went out drinking with my…
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It’s a great book. And I’m not the only one who says so. “Riveting…. An unsparing boys-in-blue procedural that succeeds on its own plentiful—and wonderfully sympathetic—merits.” —The Atlantic “Never mind ‘The Wire.’ Here is the real thing.” —The Wall Street Journal “[A] riveting tale of policing…. A must read.” —Sudhir Venkatesh “Hard-edged sociological analysis…. A…
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If you’re a published author, maybe you check Amazon.com sales rank (gosh, of course *I* never do). You can read this, this, or this. My book topped out at 500 (that’s pretty good) and is currently hovering around 15,000 [update: 50,000]. That means there are 14,999 books selling better than Cop in the Hoodat Amazon.com.…
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Hey, my book is now available through Amazon’s Kindle. I’m not exactly certain what that means. But I do know it makes me slightly hipper and more likely to be read by tech geeks commuting by train.