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BL
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| Record Number
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1038218
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b792588
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| Main Entry
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Steverson, Leonard A.
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| Title & Author
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Policing in America : : a reference handbook /\ Leonard A. Steverson.
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| Publication Statement
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :: ABC-CLIO,, ©2008.
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| Series Statement
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Contemporary world issues
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xxii, 327 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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1598840436
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: 1598840444
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: 9781598840438
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: 9781598840445
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Worldwide perspective -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Facts and data -- Directory of organizations -- Resources.
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| Abstract
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Covers the development of modern policing, in both theory and practice, from humans' first efforts at social control, through the British roots of modern policing, to the unique institution of American policing today.
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Law enforcement-- United States.
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Police, Cross-cultural studies.
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Police-- United States, Biography.
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Police-- United States-- History.
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Police-- United States.
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Law enforcement.
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Police.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.20973
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| LC Classification
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HV8133.S84 2008eb
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