PRAISE FOR THE WAR ON COPS "This is a book that can save lives." --Thomas Sowell "Heather Mac Donald is an unsung hero in the transformation of New York into the safest large city in the United States. Her essays helped to lay out the rationale that gave me and my police commissioners guidance during the largest continuous reduction in crime ever accomplished in our city and nation. This book is a necessary read for anyone wondering what is happening in 'the capital of the world.'" --The Honorable Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York City " The War on Cops is an important and timely book. Mac Donald's clear-eyed analysis separates fact from fiction and provides keen insights into the politics at play and the consequences for law-enforcement officers and the communities they are sworn to protect." --Ray Kelly, former commissioner of the New York City Police Department "If you have heard the rhetoric on all sides of the issues involving the police, and would like some facts to put that rhetoric to the test, there is no better source than The War on Cops . Whether you want facts about the explosive events in Ferguson, Missouri, or in Baltimore, or you want to know why murder rates in New York City fell sharply in the 1990s, this is the place to find solid information.

If you want to understand the role of race in all this, that, too, is documented with data. This is a book that can save lives." --Thomas Sowell, the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University "Heather Mac Donald has made an indispensable contribution to our public debates with her incisive and critical reporting on the thorny issues of race, crime, and policing in America's big cities. Time and again, I have found myself turning to her writings for guidance. While I do not always agree with what I find, I often do. Moreover, I am invariably edified. All serious students of urban America today should read this book and reckon with its arguments." --Glenn C.

Loury, the Merton P. Stolz Professor of the Social Sciences, Brown University " The War on Cops  offers a perspective that supporters of law enforcement have long been waiting for. It is informed by street-level reporting, knowledge of real-world policing, and empirical research. Unlike many in academia and journalism, Mac Donald understands that assertive policing protects law-abiding poor--and often minority--citizens trapped in ghettos where violence and crime are unfortunately making a comeback." --Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr., Milwaukee County, Wisconsin PRAISE FOR HEATHER MAC DONALD 'No journalist now writing about urban problems has produced a body of work matching that of Heather Mac Donald.' --George F.

Will "The best and most intrepid journalist writing on racial issues today." --Shelby Steele "If there were any justice in the world, Mac Donald would be knee-deep in Pulitzer Prizes and National Magazine Awards for her pioneering work." --David Brooks.