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Busted : a tale of corruption and betrayal in the city of brotherly love / Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating HV8148.P5 R83 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruderman, Wendy, author.
- Laker, Barbara, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ruderman, Wendy.
- Laker, Barbara.
- Police corruption--Press coverage--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Case studies.
- Police corruption.
- Investigative reporting--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Case studies.
- Investigative reporting.
- Press coverage.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Pennsylvania.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 242 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]
- Summary:
- The shocking true story of the biggest police corruption scandal in Philadelphia history, a tale of drugs, power, and abuse involving a rogue narcotics squad, a confidential informant, and two veteran journalists whose reporting drove a full-scale FBI probe, rocked the City of Brotherly Love, and earned a Pulitzer Prize.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gemmill fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780062085443
- 9780062085450
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