Author: NEWTON, MICHAEL
Title: Killer Cops: An Encyclopedia of Lawless Lawmen
Description: Port Townsend, WA: Loompanics Unlimited, 1997. Softcover. ISBN: 1559501715. B & W ; 5 1/2 x 9 1/2"; xiii, 209 pages; Soft cover has red spine with black lettering. Slight rubbing to covers. Illustrated with b/w pictures. Pages are clean and tight. "...Not about trigger-happy 'cowboys' who pursued their duties with excessive zeal, nor does it second-guess the officers whose handling of violent suspects lead to 'accidental' deaths in custody. Instead, it lifts a different stone in order to scrutinize America's worst nightmare: sworn protectors of the law who used their badges as hunting licenses, killing on a whim for profit, sex or personal revenge...' Bibliography.. Fine .

Keywords: 1559501715 Biography; Crime; Criminology; Felons; Victims; Cultural Hist Police Misconduct; Police Departments; History of Policing; Law Enforcement; Corruption; Brutality; Reference; Cultural History Education American History Biography/Memoirs/Journals