Peter Moskos is assistant professor of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the City University of New York's Doctoral Program in Sociology. He specializes in crime prevention, police culture, the war on drugs, and qualitative methods. He is a former Baltimore City police officer.

Moskos's first book, Cop in the Hood (Princeton University Press) was the winner of PROSE Award for best sociology 2008.

Read a sample from the book.