Police in Urban America, 1860-1920
Title | Police in Urban America, 1860-1920 PDF eBook |
Author | Eric H. Monkkonen |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2004-06-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521531252 |
This book examines the rapid spread of uniformed police forces throughout late nineteenth-century urban America. It suggests that, initially, the new kind of police in industrial cities served primarily as agents of class control, dispensing and administering welfare services as an unintentioned consequence of their uniformed presence on the streets.
American Law Enforcement: a History. By David R. Johnson
Title | American Law Enforcement: a History. By David R. Johnson PDF eBook |
Author | David R. Johnson |
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Urban America and Its Police
Title | Urban America and Its Police PDF eBook |
Author | Harlan Hahn |
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Pages | 200 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Law |
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Policing the Urban Underworld
Title | Policing the Urban Underworld PDF eBook |
Author | David R. Johnson |
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Pages | 262 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Political Science |
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This book examines how criminals shaped police behavior in the nineteenth century. It is an attempt to understand how the theory of crime prevention worked in practice. In general, we will see that the theory was not a particularly effective guide to crime control because its advocates assumed an overly simplistic view of the relationship between policemen and criminals. More specifically, I will argue that various types of criminals had, and have, the ability to negate the theory's promises because of the underworld's complexity and growth in an urban setting. The primary focus of this book therefore is on the interaction between policemen and criminals rather than on reformers and policemen. We must consider the experience of the police in dealing with criminals if we are to obtain a full understanding of the reasons why our police behave as they do. - p. vii.
Ideology and the Coming of Professionalism
Title | Ideology and the Coming of Professionalism PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Ernest Jordan |
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Pages | 434 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Law enforcement |
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Policing a Class Society
Title | Policing a Class Society PDF eBook |
Author | Sidney L. Harring |
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Pages | 324 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Political Science |
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An in-depth critical analysis of how ruling elites use the police institution in order to control communities.
Police Departments, Arrests and Crime in the United States, 1860-1920
Title | Police Departments, Arrests and Crime in the United States, 1860-1920 PDF eBook |
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Release | 1984 |
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