Police in Contradiction: The Evolution of the Police Function in Society

by Cyril D. Robinson, Cyril Robinson, Richard Scaglion, et al.

This book formulates a theory of the origin and evolution of the police function, using both historical and cross-cultural analysis. It explains the incremental changes in the police function associated with the transition from kinship-based to class-dominated societies, and examines the implications of these changes for modern police-community relations. It suggests that the police institution has a double and contradictory function: at the same...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313288917
• ISBN13: 9780313288913
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"