Police in Urban America, 1860-1920

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Author	: Eric H. Monkkonen
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 244
Release	: 2004-06-07
ISBN-10	: 052153125X
ISBN-13	: 9780521531252
Rating	: 4/5 (5X Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Police in Urban America, 1860-1920 by : Eric H. Monkkonen

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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