Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement

by Mitchel P. Roth

Viewing policing from an international perspective, this volume covers the history of law enforcement from early accounts of policing under Caesar Augustus to such present-day events as Rodney King and the LAPD. American policing dominates the book, but it also covers such items as the 1829 London Metropolitan police model and Continental innovations stemming from Napoleonic France. While including such well-known Americans as Police Commissioner...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313305609
• ISBN13: 9780313305603
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"