Homicide
A Year on the Killing Streets
Recommended by John R Stanton, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #15 in Forensic Psychology, Ranked #20 in Criminology — see more rankings.
The scene is Baltimore; the year is 1988. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small group of hard men who battle to achieve a bit of rough justice in a deadly world. This is their story. less
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John R Stanton @grisuy @anthoknees The snot boogy story is also based on something that really happened as I recall. If you haven’t read @AoDespair’s book Homicide, you should. It’s amazing and has a lot of the source material from the Wire and Homicide the show. (Source)
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- #72 in Cities
- #60 in Journalism
- #33 in Journalists
- #21 in True Crime
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