| Description |
xxxvii, 318 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues,
1069-5605
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Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Night watchmen, constables, and sheriffs: 17th and 18th Century America -- Rangers, marshals, and municipal police forces: 19th Century America -- Police reform and social and technological advances in the early Twentieth Century -- A growing emphasis on police training, professionalism, efficiency, and ethics, 1930-1959 -- Social change and conflicting expectations of the police role, 1960-1978 -- Reexaming and redefining the role of the police, 1979-1989 -- The role of the police in the 1990s -- Appendixes. |
| Subject |
Police -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Police. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Sources.
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| Subject |
Law enforcement -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Law enforcement. |
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Police. |
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Police -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Law enforcement -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Vila, Bryan, 1947-
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Morris, Cynthia, 1961-
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| ISBN |
0313301646 alkaline paper |
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