Wild cowboys
urban marauders & the forces of order
Our rough guess is there are 92,000 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 6 hours and 8 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 12 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
We earn a commission on purchases
Author
Publication
1997 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
92,000 words, Guess
Page Count
368 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL666082M
- ISBN-10067495310X
- OCLC Control Number36746360
- OCLC Control Numberwildcowboysurban0000jack
- Library of Congress Control Number97011739
and 2 more
- Goodreads3075029
- LibraryThing2860218
Classifications
- DDC364.1/06/6097471
- LCCHV6439.U7 N449 1997
Description
In this bloody urban saga, Robert Jackall recounts how street cops, detectives, and prosecutors pieced together a puzzle-like story of narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and murders for hire, all centered on a vicious gang of Dominican youths known as the Wild Cowboys. Jackall chronicles the crime-scene investigations, frantic car chases, street arrests at gunpoint, interviews with informants, and knuckle-breaking plea bargaining that culminated in prison terms for more than forty gang members. But he also tells a cautionary tale - one of a society with irreconcilable differences, fraught with self-doubt and moral ambivalence, where the institutional logics of law and bureaucracy often have perverse outcomes.
Subjects
Topics
Places
Other Editions
- Wild cowboys: urban marauders & the forces of order
Similar Books
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!