To Protect and to Serve: A History of Police in America

by William Thomas Allison and Robert C. Wadman

This readable book provides a comprehensive and detailed survey of the development of police organization, theory, and practice—and its role in American history. It examines how police have tried to maintain law and order in a democratic society, noting successes, failures, and continuing problems since the colonial period. KEY TOPICS Specific chapter topics cover police in Early America; the development of municipal policing in the Northeast; policing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131120646
• ISBN13: 9780131120648
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 9.2"