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As a police psychologist and writer, i was truly impressed with jill leovy s book. A true story of murder in america kindle edition by. An interview with author jill leovy i just finished reading new york times bestseller ghettoside. Since its release in january, there has been praise seemingly everywhere, with the washington post even calling it the most important book about urban violence in a generation. Her principle observations are 1 that historical data suggests that. And in those two decades, for one of which she was crime correspondent, she witnessed not only the homicide epidemic sweeping through las south, but also discovered that these crimes were poorly documented, turned into faceless statistics and in part, strategically swept under the rug. A true story of murder in america paperback october 27, 2015.

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