Solo: Self-portrait of an undercover cop

ISBN: 9780396068563

定价: 57.00

内容简介

oreword
PERHAPS only New York City could produce a
cop in the extraordinary mold of Detective Anthony
Schiano. In many ways??? he reflects the contradictions and the
diversity??? the toughness and the humanity of the city. A
second-generation Italian-American??? he joined the police de-
partment while his school pals were settling comfortably into
the highways and byways of ci~me. New York gave him a
chance and he took it.
Some police officers go the book route??? studying to achieve
promotion via the examination room. These are the new
breed who will bring education to bear as a weapon against
villainy.
Others??? like Schiano??? who has only a basic education??? work
on the streets where the hard reality is the mugger with a
knife??? the pusher with a gun. It s a different sort of education
in the South Bronx??? in Harlem---one where failure in an
examination can mean a knife in the back.
Detectives like Schiano are not heard on TV or radio
because their accents are inelegant and because they cannot
use the language of social workers and psychiatrists. To
them??? a punk is a punk??? not the victim of a rapacious system.
Anthony Schiano knows this because he knows how close
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