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The Police in America: An Introduction

ISBN: 9780072414912 | 007241491X
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School
Pub. Date: 3/1/2002

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SummaryTable of Contents
"The Police in America" provides a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of policing in the United States today. Descriptive and analytical, the text is designed to offer undergraduate students a balanced and up-to-date overview of who the police are and what they do, the problems they face, and the many reforms and innovations that have taken place in policing. Using timely articles and excerpts, the authors take readers beyond the headlines and statistics to present a comprehensive and contemporary overview of what it means to be a police officer.

PART 1: FOUNDATIONS

Chapter 1: Police and Society

Why Police?

Myths About Policing

Realities of Policing

Possibilities

The Implications of Change

Chapter 2: The History of the American Police

The Relevance of History

The English Heritage

Law Enforcement in Colonial America

American Policing in the Nineteenth Century, 1834-1900

The Origins of Police Professionalism

New Directions in Police Administration, 1930-1960

The Police Crisis of the 1960s

New Developments in Policing, 1970-2000

Conclusio... MORE

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