Fascinating, true, but little known stories from the dark side of San Francisco's criminal justice history.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Disjoint history of the San Francisco PD,
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This review is from: The Toughest Gang in Town: Police Stories From Old San Francisco (Paperback)
Mullen's book contains an interesting collection of incidents and characters; however, it is limited by the writer's style. The chapters range widely in size and seem to be written as seperate articles rather than as a whole book, thus information may be repeated, or contradicted, in adjacent chapters.
A good description of late 19th and early 20th century policing that could be improved with by more thorough editing.
4.0 out of 5 stars
The definitive history of the SF Police,
By Paul Drexler "Director, Art Dreco Institute" (San Francisco, Ca USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Toughest Gang in Town: Police Stories From Old San Francisco (Paperback)
This is a fascinating collection of stories about the SF Police Department from one who knows it better than anyone else. Kevin Mullen was the Deputy Police Chief of San Francisco and has written 4 books on SF crime history. It is extremely well researched. I learned about crimes I had never heard about in other crime histories.
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By most accounts, there was little crime in Mexican Californiaso little in fact, that there was no need for a criminal justice establishment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Gold Rush, New York, Mary Ann, San Franciscans, San Quentin, Portsmouth Square, Chief Burke, Isaiah Lees, Frank Egan, Lieutenant Burke, Committee of Vigilance, Malachi Fallon, Board of Supervisors, Chief Martin Burke, Market Street, Moses Tate, North Beach, Kearny Street, Pacific Street, San Jose, Alta California, Barbary Coast, Charles Duane, Jessie Street New!
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By most accounts, there was little crime in Mexican Californiaso little in fact, that there was no need for a criminal justice establishment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Gold Rush, New York, Mary Ann, San Franciscans, San Quentin, Portsmouth Square, Chief Burke, Isaiah Lees, Frank Egan, Lieutenant Burke, Committee of Vigilance, Malachi Fallon, Board of Supervisors, Chief Martin Burke, Market Street, Moses Tate, North Beach, Kearny Street, Pacific Street, San Jose, Alta California, Barbary Coast, Charles Duane, Jessie Street New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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This book cites 7
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- The Supreme Court (New True Books) by Carol Greene on page 43
- Washington Square (Signet Classics) by Henry James on page 121
- Jefferson Davis by Patricia Miles Martin on page 89
- California Local History by Margaret Miller Rocq in Front Matter
- Let Justice Be Done: Crime and Politics in Early San Francisco (Nevada Studies in History & Political Science) by Kevin J. Mullen in Back Matter
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