GHETTOSIDE Investigating a Homicide Epidemic - Softcover

Leovy, Jill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847923356 ISBN 13: 9781847923356

Publisher: Bodley Head, 2015

Synopsis

This is The New York Times Bestseller. Why would you kill your neighbour? Based on the best part of a decade embedded with the homicide units of the LAPD, this groundbreaking work of reportage takes us onto the streets, inside the homes and into the lives of a community wracked by a homicide epidemic. Through the gripping story of one particular murder - of an eighteen-year-old boy named Bryant Tennelle, gunned down one evening in spring for no apparent reason - and of its investigation by a brilliant, ferociously driven detective - a blond, surfer-turned-cop named John Skaggs - it reveals the true origins of such violence, explodes the myths surrounding policing and race and shows that the only way to reverse the cycle of violence is with justice.

About this title

About the Author:

Jill Leovy is an award-winning reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bodley Head
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1847923356
• ISBN 13: 9781847923356
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384