{"product_id":"9780805067378","title":"NYPD : A City and Its Police","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNYPD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): James Lardner, Thomas Reppetto\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNYPD details episodes as fresh as the shootings of unarmed men that have triggered mass protests against Mayor Rudy Giuliani. It also tells of forgotten but no less compelling dramas such as the Becker-Rosenthal case, in which a police lieutenant went to the electric chair, and the death of Joe Petrosino, a New York City detective gunned down on the streets of Palermo, Sicily, after his cover was blown by the police commissioner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Lardner and Thomas Reppetto, who know the police world from the inside, throw today's headlines into vivid relief by taking us back more than 150 years through a succession of immigrant waves, long hot summers, and career-destroying crises and scandals. Fascinating as history, NYPD is also a telling look at the fears, the lore, the slang, the secrets, and the rituals of a chronically misunderstood profession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fascinating ride-along with the largest and most influential police force in the country.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Entertaining and witty.” —\u003ci\u003eJohn Timoney, The New York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“NYPD is both enlightening and entertaining. It should be required reading.” —\u003ci\u003eAlan Lupo, The Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Neither indictment nor apologia, but bona fide history, thoroughly researched and engagingly written.” —\u003ci\u003eBusiness Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780805067378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594030592206,"sku":"9780805067378","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_9e819ca0-17a0-4b78-a5b1-4f05e9eade91.jpg?v=1637799287","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780805067378","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}