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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: | Significant Dates in the History of the Police in America -- Pt. I. Night Watchmen, Constables, and Sheriffs: The Role of Early "Police" in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century America -- Pt. II. Rangers, Marshals, and Municipal Police Forces: The Role of the Police in the Nineteenth Century -- Pt. III. Police Reform and Social and Technological Advances in the Early Twentieth Century -- Pt. IV. A Growing Emphasis on Police Training, Professionalism, Efficiency, and Ethics, 1930-1959 -- Pt. V. Social Change and Conflicting Expectations of the Police Role, 1960-1978 -- Pt. VI. Reexamining and Redefining the Role of the Police, 1979-1989 -- Pt. VII. The Role of the Police in the 1990s -- App. A. Selected U.S. Supreme Court Cases -- App. B. Selected Police-Related Groups, Organizations, and Web Sites. |
| Series Title: | Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues |
| Responsibility: | edited by Bryan Vila and Cynthia Morris. |
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