Posts in Crime & Policing
The Queen of Numbers: Stephanie St. Clair and Harlem's Gambling Racket
The Queen of Numbers: Stephanie St. Clair and Harlem's Gambling Racket
By LaShawn Harris
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Inventing, and Policing, the Homosexual in Early 20th c. NYC
Inventing, and Policing, the Homosexual in Early 20th c. NYC
By Hugh Ryan
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Greenwich Village Fights the Heroin Epidemic, 1958 – 1963
Greenwich Village Fights the Heroin Epidemic, 1958 – 1963
By Stephen Petrus
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“Selling Service” and “Venting Your Spleen”: Anti-Vice Policing in WWII NYC
“Selling Service” and “Venting Your Spleen”: Anti-Vice Policing in WWII NYC
By Emily Brooks
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Witnessing "The Witness"
Witnessing "The Witness"
By Marcia M. Gallo
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Elizabeth Hinton's From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime
Elizabeth Hinton's From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime
Reviewed by Michael R. Glass
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Police Brutality on the Streets of New York, 1847
Police Brutality on the Streets of New York, 1847
By Sean Dwyer Griffin
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A New York Story: Kitty Genovese
A New York Story: Kitty Genovese
By Marcia M. Gallo
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“[T]hey’re knocking down negroes ‘round here”: Public Racial Violence and Black Self-Defense in Early 20th Century NYC
“[T]hey’re knocking down negroes ‘round here”: Public Racial Violence and Black Self-Defense in Early 20th Century NYC
By Douglas Flowe
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Book Review: Mariah Adin, The Brooklyn Thrill-Kill Gang and the Great Comic Book Scare of the 1950s
Book Review: Mariah Adin, The Brooklyn Thrill-Kill Gang and the Great Comic Book Scare of the 1950s
Reviewed by Martin Lund
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