Homicide: a Year on the Killing Streets
Homicide The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the cente of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of men confronted by the darkest of American visions. This book presents an account of...
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Homicide The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the cente of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of men confronted by the darkest of American visions. This book presents an account of casework and an investigation into our culture of violence. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781847673121 (1847673120)
Publish date: June 4th 2009
Publisher: CANONGATE BOOKS LTD
Pages no: 656
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
Writing,
History,
Literature,
American,
Mystery,
Journalism,
Sociology,
Crime,
True Crime,
Law
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon is a work of non-fiction about the Homicide Unit of Baltimore's Police Department during one year in the 1980's when he was a journalist for the Baltimore Sun. This book was actually the inspiration for the TV show Homicide: Life on the Streets ...
David Simon's Homicide is an extremely riviting read. It's up there as one of my favorite non-fiction reads. I was familiar with Simon's work with The Wire, and it was cool to read some scenes and dialogue that I recognized from the show. Like with other non-fiction books I dig, this one reads a lot...
Enjoyed this non-fiction book. It was a little slow and dry in some parts, but the behind-the-scenes look at homicide detectives was very interesting. Wish I'd watched The Wire on HBO!
Updated Review:I re-read this because I am going to teach it this fall. In a book about how homicides are investigated, Simon looks at race, class, politics, police, residents, drugs, sexism, racism, and any another ism. There is plently in this book to chew over.Older ReviewI finally read this. ...
This is an amazing book. Two people picked this out of my "To Read" list as their suggestion for what I should tackle next. Interestingly enough, I had already started it. I had heard about this book originally on a private list that I'm on, but never saw a copy at any bookstore that I went to. Then...
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