The New Centurions by Joseph Wambaugh
Set in mid-20th-century Los Angeles, the novel follows a group of police rookies as they move from idealistic recruits to hardened street officers, depicting their patrols, violent calls, bureaucratic frustrations, moral compromises, and the camaraderie that sustains them; with gritty realism and dark humor it explores the psychological cost of police work, the strain on family and private life, and how repeated exposure to danger and trauma reshapes identity and ethics.
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- Published
- 1970
- Nationality
- American
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- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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