Title:
Ghettoside : a true story of murder in America / Jill Leovy.
ISBN:
9780385529983
9780385529990
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2015]
©2015
Physical Description:
x, 366 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
The plague. A circle of grief ; A killing ; Ghettoside ; School of catastrophe ; Clearance ; The circumstantial case ; Good people and knuckleheads ; Witnesses and the shadow system ; The notification -- The case of Bryant Tennelle. Son of the city ; "It's my son" ; The killing of Dovon Harris ; Nothing worse ; The assignment ; "Everybody know" ; The witness ; Baby man ; Mutual combat ; Witness welfare ; Lost souls ; The victims' side ; The opening ; "We have to pray for peace" ; The missing.
Summary:
Discusses the hundreds of murders that occur in Los Angeles each year, and focuses on the story of the dedicated group of detectives who pursued justice at any cost in the killing of Bryant Tennelle.--Publisher's description.
OCLC Number:
ocn759908708
Availability:
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