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...good to the ’hood. With the recent run of popular HBO show “The Wire,” the drama of the American inner-city has earned critical street cred: everyone is talking about it. The recently released “Cop in the Hood?? capitalizes on this spike in interest about the worst drug markets of Baltimore, Md., as it brings a sociologist’s eye to the situation that captivated the interest of millions nationwide...
...Peter Moskos, a professor at the City University of New York, obtained special permission from the Baltimore Police Department to serve as a policeman for one year, and “Cop in the Hood?? is the result. His book offers an intensely personal perspective on the hopelessness of city life, revealed through his experiences with Baltimore drug traffickers, addicts, and police officers. In “Cop,” Moskos is able to take a real hard look at drug crime in America and find human beings in that hardscrabble world...
...real red meat of “Cop in the Hood?? is, as its title suggests, the brutality and absurdity of police life outside the walls of the Police Academy. Moskos depicts the inner-city police districts of East Baltimore as completely overrun by the local drug market, where dealers hawk cocaine and heroin stored in perfume vials to eager addicts at all hours of the day. Given the impossibility of arresting thousands of users and dealers (often children or teenagers without any other means of income), the situation Moskos paints is bleak: the police, handicapped by unnecessary...
...Hood?? is a quick and easy read that is destined to change many minds about America’s inner-city drug trade. The book vividly depicts the unique narratives of its subjects while making clear that they are all part of the same greater socioeconomic tragedy: junkies who live to find their next fix; drug dealers who kill and destroy lives because they have no other options; police who won’t or can’t make a positive difference for those they serve. In the face of this failure, Moskos concludes, passionately, with...
...Though “Cop in the Hood?? is a work of sociology at its core, Moskos chooses to de-emphasize statistical methodology in favor of anecdotal evidence. It may make the book less scientific, but Moskos’ storytelling also makes it entertaining and valuable in its own right. He describes how dealers invent creative names for their wares, including “Red Tops,” “Body Bag,” and “Capone,” each one differentiating his product as if he were selling candy bars. Moskos...