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COOP (FROM POLICE IN AMERICA, 1975, BY JEROME H SKOLNICK AND THOMAS C GRAY - SEE NCJ-19813)

NCJ Number
19815
Author(s)
G RADANO
Date Published
1975
Length
3 pages
Annotation
DEFINES A COOP AND DISCUSSES THE ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON THERE.
Abstract
A COOP IS A SHELTER WHERE COPS GO TO SIT DOWN, GRAB A SMOKE, ESCAPE THE WEATHER, OR TO LIE DOWN. CONVERSATION THERE INCLUDES ALL TYPES OF STORIES - HUMOROUS ONES, DIRTY ONES, SOME TRAGIC ONES, BUT MOST OFTEN CYNCIAL ONES.