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Preface -- ch. 1. The United States Constitution and federal police power -- ch .2. Federal law enforcement takes root in America (1700s-1850s) -- ch. 3. Go West young man (1860s-1920s) -- ch. 4. Hoover's G-men come of age -- ch. 5. Overshadowed but not forgotten (other Treasury and Justice agencies) -- ch. 6. The inspectors general (and the battle against fraud, waste, and abuse) -- ch. 7. And then there were 100 (the rest of the federal law enforcement community) -- ch. 8. Public policy, homeland security, and the future of federal law enforcement -- Appendix A : Chapters of the federal criminal code -- Appendix B : Majority and dissenting opinions containing principle arguments for and against broad federal police power from the landmark case of U.S. v. Lopez (1995) -- Appendix C : Partial list of federal law enforcement agencies and types of officers they employ -- Appendix D : Table of contents of the USA Patriot Act -- Appendix E : Selected events in the chronology of federal law enforcement -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- About the author. |
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