This review of Cop in the Hood comes from Largehearted Boy. He keeps a music blog and is also reading and reviewing 52 books in 52 weeks: With our images of policemen and their work too often coming from dramatic television these days, a book like Peter Moskos’Cop in the Hoodis refreshing. A sociologist, Moskos spends a year in the…
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Wall Street Journal Book Review
The Wall Street Journal reviewed Cop in the Hoodtoday. In the small world of books like this, that’s big. And it’s a good review! My only complaint is his assertion in the last paragraph that I lacked the impulse to run toward gunfire. I often did. My heart was big enough to be a good researcher anda good police officer.…
“Engaging as Well as Persuasive”
So says Diane Scharper in the Baltimore Sunabout my book, Cop in the Hood. Here’s the whole review: In his classic book, On Writing Well, William Zinsser claimed that people and places were the twin pillars on which all good nonfiction is built. These three books – all with a local connection – prove that point. Their subjects qualify them…
“Couldn’t put it down”
I don’t know who this guy is, but I like him because he likes my book. A lot. Certainly more than he likes O’Malley.
Ivy-League cops
I had a piece in the Princeton Alumni Weekly about my experiences as a police officer. Turns out I’m not the only Ivy-League cop out there. Here’s an excerpt from an email I received from a North Carolina police officer. I thought I would take a bunch of crap for being an Ivy League guy – I try to keep…
Cop in the Hood back in stock
After a frustrating and inexplicable two-week delay, Cop in the Hood in finally back in stock at Amazon.com. It’s about time. Do you have your copy yet? Let the book ordering begin…
Ron Smith Show Interview
You can listen to my appearance on WBAL’s Ron Smith show.
Ron Smith show
Today. Tuesday. 5pm Eastern Time. Baltimore’s WBAL, AM 1090. Listen live.
In support of foot patrol
I received this email last week. Finished the book a few weeks ago. I’ve got nine years on the job & it seems to track pretty well with my experience. Got some further thoughts (all good) but I’ll save that for another time. My reason for this little message was a piece I came across in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about…
Cop in the Hood for sale (again)!
Amazon finally has Cop in the Hood looking good and back for sale. Go buy your copy today. Less than $20 is always a bargain. Amazon lists June 17th as the date of publication. But the book will be coming off the presses next week and Amazon gets their copies very quickly. I would guess they’ll be shipping the first…