The Toughest Beat

Download or Read eBook The Toughest Beat PDF written by Joshua Page and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.

Author	: Joshua Page
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 308
Release	: 2013
ISBN-10	: 9780199985074
ISBN-13	: 0199985073
Rating	: 4/5 (74 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis The Toughest Beat by : Joshua Page

Book excerpt: The Toughest Beat uses the rise of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the state's powerful prison officers' union, to explore the actors and interests that have created, shaped, and protected the Golden State's sprawling, dysfunctional penal system -- and how it might yet be transformed.

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