To Protect and to Serve A History of Police in America

by Wadman, Robert C.; Allison, William Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780131120648
• ISBN10: 0131120646
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

To Protect and To Serve: A History of Police in America fills a void in both criminal justice and historical scholarship regarding the history and development of American police. The leaders, the organizational strategies, and the community problems that created the need far police departments are presented in an insightful and readable format that will appeal to students and scholars alike. To Protect and To Serve explores the influence of slave patrols, corruption by political machines, urbanization, and the desire for reform and professionalism in America's police departments. Since the inception of the concept of policing, the organizational developments designed to deal effectively with crime problems has had an interesting and pertinent history. The authors bring together the fields of criminal justice and history, as well as the roles of practitioner and scholar, to create a fascinating survey of the evolution of police in American society.

Table of Contents

Police in Early America

The Development of Municipal Policing in the Northeast

Policing Race and Violence in the South

Policing the American West

Urbanization, Progressivism, and Police

The Shift to Police as Profession

Police and Technology

Leaders in American Policing

Policing to the Twenty-First Century

Notes

Bibliography

List of Illustrations

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