RaveThe Los Angeles TimesIn Ghettoside, she adopts an anthropologist's gaze to unravel the workings of this tribe. She tracks the daily movements of homicide detectives working cases that rarely attract the media spotlight. This is gritty reporting that matches the police work behind it ... Leovy has created a book that is part reportage and part sociology. Her diagnosis is clear and compelling. Ghettoside's tale is rooted in a specific place, but it's clear that Leovy sees this L.A. neighborhood as a microcosm of American dysfunction and Skaggs as a representative of a path not taken.
