BOSTON LAW The True Story of a War on Crime

Paperback. A major BBC series. Once plagued by crack gangs and racially motivated witch hunts, Boston has become transformed by the city's unprecendented war on crime, lauded as the 'Boston Miracle'. The author goes behind the closed doors of the Boston District Attorney's office to reveal the life-and-death world of crime and punishment in Boston. In charge of this transformation is the D.A. himself : a black man in a white man's city, and a prosecutor whose father was prime suspect in the murder of his mother. With unparalleled access to detectives, defendants and prosecutors, the author describes the daily battles that are faced from the crime scenes to the courtrooms to the jailhouse cells. Illus. 304pp. trade size p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.