NCJ Number
43030
Date Published
1977
Length
316 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK IS THE STORY OF AN INVESTIGATION FROM 1970 TO 1976 INTO POLICE CORRUPTION IN CHICAGO.
Abstract
THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH PRODUCED MORE INDICTMENTS, AND CONVICTIONS OF POLICEMEN THAN ANY IN PREVIOUS HISTORY, IS TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO PROSECUTOR'S STAFF. IT DESCRIBES THE DETECTIVE WORK THE ASSEMBLING OF EVIDENCE, THE LINING UP OF WITNESSES, AND THE COOPERATION BETWEEN FEDERAL & LOCAL AGENCIES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE BOOK SUGGESTS REMEDIES FOR TRAINING OF OFFICER TO AVERT FUTURE POLICE CORRUPTION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...BDS