Police in Urban America, 1860-1920

Police in Urban America, 1860-1920
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 052153125X
ISBN-13 : 9780521531252
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Book Synopsis Police in Urban America, 1860-1920 by : Eric H. Monkkonen

Download or read book Police in Urban America, 1860-1920 written by Eric H. Monkkonen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the rapid spread of uniformed police forces throughout late nineteenth-century urban America. It suggests that, initially, the new kind of police in industrial cities served primarily as agents of class control, dispensing and administering welfare services as an unintentioned consequence of their uniformed presence on the streets.


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