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Police History Books
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 Stoning
the Keepers at the Gate: Society's Relationship with Law Enforcement
Synopsis
In Stoning the
Keepers at the Gate, police psychologist Lawrence N. Blum, Ph.D. looks
at the role of law enforcement in modern times and argues that, while bad
cops need to be rooted out, blanket condemnation of the police threatens the
very liberties that make such condemnation possible, as well as the safety
of the American public in their homes and lives. Blum argues that the
enormous stresses officers experience -- from violent physical attack to
unrewarded or misunderstood acts of heroism -- require special
understanding, an understanding that is often missing from police
departments themselves.
Blum provides a unique insight into the dynamics, practices, and
activities within police agencies that influence police officers' actions,
and that often hide the real sources of police behaviors that are thought of
as faulty, insensitive, or inappropriate.
A passionate call not only for understanding but a reappraisal of whose
actions are scrutinized within and outside of police agencies, police
accountability, and the nature of policing itself in the twenty-first
century. Stoning the Keepers at the Gate is a dynamic and
fascinating analysis of the role of law enforcement today. |
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 NYPD:
The inside Story of New York's Legendary Police Department
"Forget
everything you learned in the academy, kid," a venerable legend has a
weathered police veteran telling an impressionable rookie on his first
night on the beat. Like this anecdote, this history of the country's
oldest municipal police force carries a certain irony: It is a portrait of
people who have kept order in America's largest city -- but who have
abandoned their sworn duty to serve and protect with alarming regularity.
Policing New York, we learn in Thomas Reppetto and James Lardner's NYPD:
The Inside Story of New York's Legendary Police Department, has always
offered countless opportunities for both heroism and disgrace. New York's
love-hate relationship with its police force is a time-honored tradition. |
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 Public
Order in Ancient Rome
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the Publisher
The absence of a
professional police force in the city of Rome in classical times is often
identified as a major cause of the collapse of the Republic. But this
alleged 'structural weakness' was not removed by the Emperor Augustus and
his successors, and was in fact shared with other pre-modern states: a
specialized police force is a modern invention. In this critical new study
of the system of law and order in ancient Rome in both Republican and
Imperial periods, Wilfried Nippel identifies the mechanisms of
self-regulation which operated as a stabilizing force within Roman
society. This case-study of ancient Rome has a comparative dimension and
will interest legal historians of other pre-modern societies as well as
ancient historians, anthropologists, sociologists and political
scientists. |
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 Law,
Sexuality, and Society: The Enforcement of Morals in Classical Athens
From
The Publisher
Centering on the examination of the social and legal context of adultery,
homosexuality, imprety, and the public -- private dichotomy in Athenian
society, this book attempts to examine the problems of social control and
the regulation of sexuality in a way that will be of interest to a broad
readership. It uses a comparative approach to show how the examination of
such issues can deepen our understanding of classical Athens, particularly
in regard to the role of law in society. Further, it argues that this
historical investigation can, in turn, enrich our general appreciation of
the relation of social and legal norms, and the roles they play in
regulating complex social practices, like those associated with sexuality,
morals, and the family. The author develops a view of classical Athenian
society which emphasizes the study of social control as the dynamic
interplay of legal and social norms within the context of ideology and
practice.
This book will be of interest to a wide readership: classicists and
ancient historians, lawyers, social theorists, historical sociologists,
anthropologists, and cultural and social historians. |
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 The
Role of Police in American Society : A Documentary History
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From the night watchmen
of the 17th century to the highly publicized Rodney King hearings, the
history and development of police policy and the role of police in American
society are traced through this collection of 95 primary documents.
Students, teachers, and interested readers can use this valuable resource to
examine the development and role of the police in the United States through
the words of the people who were involved in the struggle to enforce laws,
uphold the Constitution, maintain safe and stable communities, and create
efficient and effective police forces. An explanatory introduction precedes
each document to aid the user in understanding the economic, political,
social, and legislative forces that helped shape the role of the police in
our society. |
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