Dopers in uniform
Subtitle: the hidden world of police on steroids
By: John Hoberman
Edition: First edition.
Series: Terry and Jan Todd series on physical culture and sports; Terry and Jan Todd series on physical culture and sports
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780292759480
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Drug use; Police; Drug testing; Steroid abuse
Description: The recorded use of deadly force against unarmed suspects and sustained protest from the Black Lives Matter movement, among others, have ignited a national debate about excessive violence in American policing. Missing from the debate, however, is any discussion of a factor that is almost certainly contributing to the violence - the use of anabolic steroids by police officers. Mounting evidence from a wide range of credible sources suggests that many cops are abusing testoterone and its synthetic derivatives. This drug use is illegal and encourages a "steroidal" policing style based on aggressive behaviors and hulking physiques that diminishes public trust in law enforcement. 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 Science" 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: thepolice chiefs who 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. -- from dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-291) and index.
Table of contents: title: What we know about cops on steroids; title: Police chiefs and the steroid dilemma; title: Police unions and steroids; title: The gym culture, where muscular cops meet; title: Steroids in the military.