从大城市警察工作的开始,到黑手党的崛起,流氓画廊是一部丰富多彩、引人入胜的历史,讲述了旧纽约熙熙攘攘街道上的犯罪和惩罚。《流氓画廊》是一部关于两次革命的宏大史诗故事,一次是以另一次革命为动力,在一个被称为镀金时代的纽约市街头上演。几个世纪以来,纽约一直是犯罪天堂。没有当场抓到的小偷或杀人犯几乎总能逃脱。但在19世纪70年代早期,一位名叫托马斯·伯恩斯的爱尔兰警察发明了新的抓捕罪犯的方法。面部照片和每日的排队帮助目击者指出罪犯;著名的流氓画廊允许警方追踪屡犯者;三级审问法诱使顽固的骗子招供。伯恩斯有条不紊地处理案件,采访证人,分析犯罪现场,并发展理论,帮助结案之前无法解决的罪行。
Rogues’ Gallery: The Birth of Modern Policing and Organized Crime in Gilded Age New York [Audiobook]
From the beginnings of big-city police work to the rise of the Mafia, Rogues’ Gallery is a colorful and captivating history of crime and punishment in the bustling streets of Old New York. Rogues’ Gallery is a sweeping, epic tale of two revolutions, one feeding off the other, that played out on the streets of New York City during an era known as the Gilded Age. For centuries, New York had been a haven of crime. A thief or murderer not caught in the act nearly always got away. But in the early 1870s, an Irish cop by the name of Thomas Byrnes developed new ways to catch criminals. Mug shots and daily lineups helped witnesses point out culprits; the famed rogues’ gallery allowed police to track repeat offenders; and the third-degree interrogation method induced recalcitrant crooks to confess. Byrnes worked cases methodically, interviewing witnesses, analyzing crime scenes, and developing theories that helped close the books on previously unsolvable crimes.
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