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Broken Windows Policing and the Orderly City: New York since the Late Twentieth Century

Broken Windows Policing and the Orderly City: New York since the Late Twentieth Century

Broken Windows Policing and the Orderly City: New York since the Late Twentieth Century

By Themis Chronopoulos

Crime & Policing, Contemporary EraGuest UserOctober 19, 2017Comment

The Queen of Numbers: Stephanie St. Clair and Harlem's Gambling Racket

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

Crime & Policing, Business & Labor, ManhattanGuest UserMay 24, 2017 Comment

Inventing, and Policing, the Homosexual in Early 20th c. NYC

Inventing, and Policing, the Homosexual in Early 20th c. NYC

Inventing, and Policing, the Homosexual in Early 20th c. NYC

By Hugh Ryan

Gender & Sexuality, Crime & PolicingGuest UserApril 4, 2017Comment

Greenwich Village Fights the Heroin Epidemic, 1958 – 1963

Greenwich Village Fights the Heroin Epidemic, 1958 – 1963

Greenwich Village Fights the Heroin Epidemic, 1958 – 1963

By Stephen Petrus

Medicine & Public Health, Crime & PolicingGuest UserDecember 21, 2016Comment

“Selling Service” and “Venting Your Spleen”: Anti-Vice Policing in WWII NYC

“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

Crime & Policing, Gender & SexualityGuest UserNovember 16, 2016Comment

Witnessing "The Witness"

Witnessing "The Witness"

Witnessing "The Witness"

By Marcia M. Gallo

Crime & Policing, Gender & SexualityGuest UserSeptember 29, 2016Comment

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

Elizabeth Hinton's From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime

Reviewed by Michael R. Glass

Reviews, Crime & PolicingGuest UserSeptember 8, 2016Comment

Police Brutality on the Streets of New York, 1847

Police Brutality on the Streets of New York, 1847

Police Brutality on the Streets of New York, 1847

By Sean Dwyer Griffin

Crime & Policing, Race & EthnicityGuest UserAugust 30, 2016Comment

A New York Story: Kitty Genovese

A New York Story: Kitty Genovese

A New York Story: Kitty Genovese

By Marcia M. Gallo

Crime & Policing, QueensGuest UserJune 4, 2016Comment

“[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

“[T]hey’re knocking down negroes ‘round here”: Public Racial Violence and Black Self-Defense in Early 20th Century NYC

By Douglas Flowe

Crime & Policing, Race & EthnicityGuest UserApril 12, 2016Comment