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The War on Cops

How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe

The War on Cops( )
Author: Mac Donald, Heather
ISBN:978-1-59403-875-4
Publication Date:Jun 2016
Publisher:Encounter Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $23.99
Book Description:

Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline. Homicides jumped nearly 17 percent in 2015 in the largest 50 cities, the biggest one-year increase since 1993. The reason is what Heather Mac Donald first identified nationally as the "Ferguson effect": Since the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, officers have been backing off of proactive policing, and criminals are becoming emboldened. This...
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Book Details
Pages:248
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Criminology
Political Science / Law Enforcement
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.62 x 9.27 x 0.92 Inches
Book Weight:1.125 Pounds
Author Biography
Mac Donald, Heather (Author)
Heather Mac Donald is an American political commentator, journalist and writer. She was born in California on November 23, 1956. She received her B.A. in English from Yale University, graduating with a Mellon Fellowship to Cambridge University, where she earned her M.A. in English and studied in Italy through a Clare College study grant. Her J.D. is from Stanford University Law School. She has worked as a non-practicing lawyer for Honorable Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, has been an attorney-adviser in the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and a volunteer with the Natural Resources Defense Council in New York City. Her awards include the Civilian Valor Award (2004) from New Jersey State Law Enforcement Officers Association; the 2008 Integrity in Journalism award from the New York State Shields; the 2008 Eugene Katz Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Immigration from the Center for Immigration Studies; and the 2008 Eugene Katz Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Immigration from the Center for Immigration Studies and the 2012 Quill & Badge Award for Excellence in Communication from the International Union of Police Associations. Her writings have also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, The New Republic, Partisan Review, and other leading publications. She is the author of the bestseller The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe.

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