SHORT HISTORY OF AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT

• NCJ Number: 9444
• Author(s): W J BOPP; D O SCHULTZ
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 184 pages
• Sale Source: Charles C. Thomas
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TRACES THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN POLICE FROM COLONIAL TIMES THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, PROHIBITION, AND THE DEPRESSION UP TO THE CHANGES IN THE 1960S.

Abstract

THE BOOK ALSO COVERS THE BEGINNINGS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT (PRE-1607), THE AMERICAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD (1784-1829), THE GROWTH OF URBAN POLICE (1830-1865), AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE 'GILDED AGE' (1866-1919).