In: True Crime
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword, by Augusto "Gus" Flores Jr. -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I. Crooked Politics in the Calumet Region -- 1. Getting Intoxicated at First Political Fundraiser -- 2. Murders and Mysteries: Babe Lopez and Jay Given -- 3. Pointing Fingers: Conservatives Blame Democratic Party Rule -- 4. In Defense of Public Officials in "Da Region" -- Part II. Lake County, Indiana: Ground Zero for Hoosier Corruption -- 5. East Chicago: "Last City Machine in America" -- 6. Gary: Corruption Goes Back Decades -- 7. Lake Station: Modern-Day Corruption -- 8. Porter County: Political Seepage into Coffee Creek -- Part III. Efforts Through the Decades to Curb Political Crime -- 9. Shared Ethics Advisory Commission -- 10. Women's Citizens Committee -- 11. Northwest Indiana Crime Commission -- Part IV. Current Corruption and Future Remedies -- 12. Analysis from a Political Science Perspective -- 13. Lawyered Up: Defense Attorneys Testify -- 14. Behind Bars: Firsthand Accounts from Sentenced Pols -- 15. What Can or Should Be Done? -- Epilogue: An Author's Epiphany -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- About the Photographer -- About the Author.
For more than a century, Northwest Indiana's political culture has involved secret handshakes, tapped phone calls, backroom deals and murder. Davich explores the hidden political scandals and highly publicized court cases of public servants who once swore to serve and protect
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