| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Terry and Jan Todd series on physical culture and sports
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Terry and Jan Todd series on physical culture and sports.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
What we know about cops on steroids -- Police chiefs and the steroid dilemma -- Police unions and steroids -- The gym culture : where muscular cops meet -- Steroids in the military. |
| Summary |
Dopers in Uniform offers the first assessment of the dimensions and consequences of the felony use of anabolic steroids in major urban police departments. Marshalling an array of evidence, John Hoberman refutes the frequent claim that police steroid use is limited to a few "bad apples," explains how the "Blue Wall of Silence" stymies the collection of data, and introduces readers to the broader marketplace for androgenic drugs. He then turns his attention to the people and organizations at the heart of police culture: the police chiefs who often see scandals involving steroid use as a distraction from dealing with more dramatic forms of misconduct and the police unions that fight against steroid testing by claiming an officer's "right to privacy" is of greater importance. Hoberman's findings clearly demonstrate the crucial need to analyze and expose the police steroid culture for the purpose of formulating a public policy to deal with its dysfunctional effects. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Police -- Drug use -- United States.
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Police -- Drug use. |
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United States. |
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Police. |
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Police -- Drug testing -- United States.
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Steroid abuse.
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Police -- Drug testing. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. |
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Steroid abuse. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Police. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hoberman, John M. (John Milton), 1944- Dopers in uniform. First edition. Austin : University of Texas, 2017 9780292759480 (DLC) 2016058736 (OCoLC)967387922 |
| ISBN |
9781477313978 (electronic book) |
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1477313974 (electronic book) |
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9781477313985 (non-library e-book) |
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1477313982 (non-library e-book) |
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9780292759480 |
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0292759487 |
| Sudoc No. |
Z UA380.8 H653do |
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