Ghettoside: Investigating A Homicide Epidemic

Description

This is The International Bestseller - As Read On BBC RADIO 4. Why would you kill your neighbour? Based on the best part of a decade embedded with the homicide units of the LAPD, this groundbreaking work of reportage takes us onto the streets, inside the homes and into the lives of a community wracked by a homicide epidemic. Through the gripping story of one particular murder - of an eighteen-year-old boy named Bryant Tennelle, gunned down one evening in spring for no apparent reason - and of its investigation by a brilliant, ferociously driven detective - a blond, surfer-turned-cop named John Skaggs - it reveals the true origins of such violence, explodes the myths surrounding policing and race and shows that the only way to reverse the cycle of violence is with justice.

Promotion info

A phenomenally gripping account of a homicide investigation explodes the myths around policing and race.

Awards

Shortlisted for CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger 2015.

Author description

Jill Leovy is an award-winning reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.