The blue parade

By Thomas A. Reppetto

Book Overview

A colorful account of the commissioners and cops, the politicians and racketeers, the journalists and reformers who together wrote the turbulent story of the policing of America. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029263603
• ISBN13: 9780029263600
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Worthwhile read on American policing.

Reppetto chronicals the evolution of policing in the USA through the 1700's to the 20th century. Insight into how various agencies and regions have diverged and come together again. The author relates how trends in American law enforcement have come and gone, and how local and regional political process plays a part. This 1970's vintage book is timely in the 90's and beyond.