Moskos, Peter

A sociologist turned cop provides an account of his year in Baltimore's toughest neighborhood. Offers insights into the reality of poverty, drugs, and violent crime, and contends that the drug war is designed to fail. Argues for drug legalization to stop drug violence and allow the police to focus on their mission "to protect and serve.".

Presents philosophical and practical arguments in favor of the administration of judicial corporal punishment as a way of addressing problems in the American criminal justice system.