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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The restless sleep The restless sleep Stacy Horn A behind-the-scenes look into the careers of New York detectives charged with solving cold cases from the past half century follows their often exhaustive pursuits of leads and use of new technologie… OL15858033W
My father's gun My father's gun Brian McDonald "... powerful memoir about three generations of New York City policemen."--Dust jacket. OL15861956W
Law & disorder Law & disorder Bruce Chadwick " Nineteenth-century New York City was one of the most magnificent cities in the world, but also one of the most deadly. Without any real law enforcement for almost 200 years, the city was a lawless … OL17763834W
Friends of the family Friends of the family Tommy Dades Chronicles the case involving corrupt NYPD detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, and traces how they provided information to the Lucchese crime family that resulted in at least eight murde… OL18165172W
Thirty-eight witnesses Thirty-eight witnesses A. M. Rosenthal In a decade scarred by some of the worst tragedies in this country's history, March 13, 1964, stands apart from the other atrocities, not because of the identity of the victim--whose name was not Ken… OL1940141W
Street warrior Street warrior Friedman, Ralph (Police detective) x, 262 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 22 cm OL19713262W
Kitty Genovese Kitty Genovese Catherine Pelonero Written in a flowing narrative style, Kitty Genovese: A True Account of a Public Murder and Its Private Consequences presents the story of the horrific and infamous murder of Kitty Genovese, a young… OL19975586W
The job The job Steve Osborne Steve Osborne has seen a thing or two in his twenty years in the New York Police Department (NYPD) -- some harmless things, some definitely not. In "Stakeout," Steve and his partner mistake a Manhatt… OL19998737W
Once a cop Once a cop Corey Pegues "New Jack City meets Serpico in this provocative memoir of a crack dealer-turned-decorated NYPD officer--a timely reflection on the complex relationship between the police and the communities they ar… OL20030176W
Blue on blue Blue on blue Charles Campisi From 1996 through 2014 Charles Campisi headed NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau, working under four police commissioners and gaining a reputation as hard-nosed and incorruptible. When he retired, only o… OL20047401W