The Toughest Beat

The Toughest Beat
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 9780199985074
ISBN-13 : 0199985073
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Book Synopsis The Toughest Beat by : Joshua Page

Download or read book The Toughest Beat 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. 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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