{"product_id":"vice-paperback-1","title":"Vice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn R. Baker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 square miles. 10,000 criminals. 130 cops.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCompton: the most violent and crime-ridden city in America. What had been a semirural suburb of Los Angeles in the 1950s became a battleground for the Black Panthers, home of the Crips and Bloods and the first Hispanic gangs, and the cradle of gangsta rap. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center of it, trying to maintain order, was the Compton Police Department. Never more than 130 strong, it faced an army of criminals that numbered over 10,000. At any given time, fully one-tenth of Compton's population was in the justice system, yet this tidal wave of crime was held back by the thinnest line of the law--the Compton Police. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn R. Baker was raised in Compton and became the city's most decorated police officer. He was involved in some of its most notorious, horrifying, and scandalous criminal cases. Baker's account of Compton from 1951 to 2001 is one of the most powerful and compelling cop memoirs ever written--an intensely human story of sacrifice the price the men and women of the Compton Police Department paid to preserve their city.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSGT. JOHN R. BAKER is an eighteen-year veteran of the Compton Police Department. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSTEPHEN J. RIVELE is the Academy Award(R)-nominated screenwriter of Oliver Stone's \u003ci\u003eNixon, \u003c\/i\u003eand of Will Smith's \u003ci\u003eAli. \u003c\/i\u003eRivele is also the author of eight previous books. He lives in Pasadena, CA.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42739168051263,"sku":"9781250002075","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/908476d498cc36baaa8dd0ea9617d5be.webp?v=1765155745","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/vice-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}