Policing A Class Society: The Experience of American Cities, 1865-1915
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071KQY32B |
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| Number of Pages | : | 145 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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An urgent and brilliant history of the creation of the police institution in the United States, focusing on the newly expanded cities of the Industrial heartland.
Harring, Professor Emeritus at CUNY School of Law, the author of more than 80 articles, chapters, and book reviews on such subjects as American and British colonial history, Native American law, indigenous rights, and criminal law, he has written four books, the third of which, White Man's Law: Native People in Nineteenth Century Canadian Jurisprudence, was a finalist for the Donner Prize as th
About the AuthorSidney L. Harring, Professor Emeritus at CUNY School of Law, the author of more than 80 articles, chapters, and book reviews on such subjects as American and British colonial history, Native American law, indigenous rights, and criminal law, he has written four books, the third of which, White Man's Law: Native People in Nineteenth Century Canadian Jurisprudence, was a finalist for the Donner Prize as the best book on Canadian public policy published in 1998. During the course of his career, he ha