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The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America
By Bratton, Bill & Peter Knobler
- ISBN
- 9780525558194
- Publisher
- Penguin Pr.
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Starred Review on April 9, 2021 | Social Science
In this latest work, Bratton, a former police chief of Boston, New York City, and Los Angeles, addresses head-on the role of police. Bratton, who previously collaborated with co-author Knobler on The Turnaround: How America's Top Cop Reversed the Crime Epidemic, relies on the work of academics, such as James Q. Wilson, to construct his view of "precision policing." This personal narrative is a chronological account of Bratton's ascent from Boston patrolman to two stints as N...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
