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(6 pp) Ralph Waldo Emerson asked, 'What is life
but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the
angle at which he looks at objects. What is life
but what a man is thinking of all day? This is his
fate and his employer. Knowing is the measure of
the man. By how much we know, so we are.'
This statement over a century ago, seems
particularly poignant considering police scandals
across the country. Is loss of humanity and self,
one of the by-products of a police career? Police
author Joseph Wambaugh portrays his characters with
the resulting human frailties of their work. We
will examine his 'fiction' to attempt to see how
stress affects this vital section of our workforce.
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what a man is thinking of all day? This is his fate and his employer. Knowing is the measure of the man. By how much we know, so we are."
This statement over a century ago, seems particularly poignant considering police scandals across the country. Is loss of humanity and self one of the by-products of a police
career? Police author Joseph Wambaugh portrays his characters with the resulting human frailties of their work. We will examine his "fiction" to attempt to see how stress
affects this vital section of our workforce. Joseph Wambaugh The son of a Pittsburgh police officer, Joseph A. Wambaugh Jr. became one of Americas most famous cops and a
best selling author who redefined police fiction. Before Wambaugh, cops were usually depicted as figures of irreproachable moral authority. But Wambaugh knew better--hed been with the LAPD for more
than 10 years, starting as a patrolman, by the time he published his first novel, The New Centurions, in 1971. Wambaughs characters are human beings with frailties, fears, and
foul mouths, sworn to protect a citizenry that didnt necessarily want them around. Bumper Morgan of The Blue Knight (1973), amasses a careers worth of petty bribes and
flawed heroics. Wambaughs first nonfiction book, The Onion Field (1974), about two young cops fateful encounter with two young robbers, was a huge success. After Wambaugh left the LAPD in
1974, his work, beginning with The Choirboys (1996), became fiercely and darkly comic. In novels like Floaters (1997) and The Golden Orange (1991), he tells tales of tough-talking cops in
glittering, corrupt Southern California. He also continues to write nonfiction, such as The Blooding (1989)which was about the first murder case solved by genetic fingerprinting. Wambaughs writing ended his
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