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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bryan Vila; Cynthia Morris |
| ISBN: | 0313301646 9780313301643 |
| OCLC Number: | 39733221 |
| Description: | xxxvii, 318 p. ; 24 cm. |
| 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 -- Reexamining and redefining the role of the police, 1979-1989 -- The role of the police in the 1990s -- Appendixes. |
| Series Title: | Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues |
| Responsibility: | edited by Bryan Vila and Cynthia Morris. |
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