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The World of Police Detectives

Robert Jackall

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ISBN 9780674032323

Publication Date: 08/05/2009

448 pages

5-1/8 x 7-15/16 inches

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Robert Jackall has done several years of fieldwork with New York City police detectives and prosecutors, among whom he is known as “The Professor.” He is Class of 1956 Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Williams College.

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