Ghettoside

Jill Leovy embeds with South Los Angeles detectives investigating the murder of Bryant Tennelle, a Black teenager, arguing that persistent under-investigation of Black homicide perpetuates cycles of violence and retribution. Centred on one case, the book presents a powerful structural critique of how justice denied in poor communities produces the very conditions it claims to address.

ISBN 9780385529983 · Spiegel & Grau · 2015