Dopers in Uniform : : The Hidden World of Police on Steroids / / John Hoberman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Hoberman, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; Introduction --; Chapter One: What We Know about Cops on Steroids --; Chapter Two: Police Chiefs and the Steroid Dilemma --; Chapter Three: Police Unions and Steroids --; Chapter Four: The Gym Culture, Where Muscular Cops Meet --; Chapter Five: Steroids in the Military --; Conclusion --; Acknowledgments --; Appendix: An Iraq War Army Veteran on Steroid Use in Combat, by Shawn Fogarty --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781477313978; 9783110745313
• DOI: 10.7560/759480
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John Hoberman.

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 testosterone 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 Silence” 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: the police chiefs who often 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.