Mass Corruption: The Breakdown of Law and Order

by Howie Carr

296 pages, Paperback

Published November 18, 2025

About the author

Howie Carr is a columnist for the Boston Herald and hosts a radio talk show syndicated throughout New England. He is the New York Times bestselling author of the true crime biographies The Brothers Bulger and Hitman, and author of the crime novel Hard Knocks. In 1985, Carr won a National Magazine Award, and in 2008 he was elected to the National Radio Hall of Fame. He lives in suburban Boston with his wife and their three daughters.

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Reviews

[Maureen Mahan]

This book was an eye opener. I did know there was corruption but until Karen Read I did not understand the extent. It is sickening that we, the taxpayers , are stuck with a corrupt legal system . There are , of course, honest LEO, but seeing so many dishonest police officers is disheartening.

[Ryan Mawn]

Howie Carr, is great. This book is mainly pulled from news articles he has written over time about corrupt law enforcement officers. Some of these articles, I'd had already be come familiar with, but nonetheless were good. Definitely check out his other works.

[Erin]

This is really a compilation of Howie Carr’s newspaper articles and covers all kinds of corruption from Karen Read to Whitey Bulger. The cover is a bit misleading because it looks like a book about the Karen Read trial but there were some interesting things in here about other notorious Boston cases and I met Howie Carr when I bought the book.

[Erin DeRoo]

4.5 ⭐️

[John Farrell]

A really detailed accounting of law enforcement corruption in Massachusetts. it's very good, yet somewhat depressing how really bad some portions of Massachusetts are.

[Kim Coburn]

Howie is very funny!!! I laughed often throughout this! Great read!!!

I found out the corruption with Karen Read trial. Reading this was a real eye opener how much & how long the corruption has gone on. Horrendous.