The use and abuse of police power in America : historical milestones and current controversies /: historical milestones and current controversies. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gina Robertiello, editor.
• Editors: Robertiello, Gina
• Contents: PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart 1: Legal and Societal Limits to Police Power in Early America (1600s–1800s)Fourth AmendmentFifth AmendmentSixth AmendmentSir Robert Peel and Principles of Modern PolicingBow Street RunnersSouthern Slave PatrolsColonial Night WatchesPinkerton Detective Agency and Private PolicingLaw Enforcement in the Wild WestInternational Association of Chiefs of PoliceCrime Control versus Due ProcessPart 2: Technological Advances and the Rise of Organized Crime (1900–1950)Charles Becker (1870–1915)Gangsters of the 1900sSecret ServiceTeddy Roosevelt's Fight against Police CorruptionACLUJ. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972), Director of the FBIWickersham Report on Soaring Crime during ProhibitionBrown v. MississippiNational Firearms ActPolice Misconduct during the L.A. Zoot Suit RiotsUniform Crime ReportsWiretappingPart 3: Law Enforcement in an Era of Political and Social Upheaval (1950–1975)Miranda v. ArizonaMapp v. OhioTerry v. OhioKerner Commission Report on Race Riots and Police ResponseChicago Police during the 1968 Democratic National ConventionIncrease in Violent Crime Rate and Risk to Law EnforcementControl TheoryKnapp CommissionFrank Serpico (1936–)Summerdale ScandalChurch Committee Investigation of FBI SurveillancePolice Authority to DetainCorruptionRICO ActPart 4: A New Mandate for Exercising Police Power (1975–2000)Wilson and Kelling's Broken Windows TheoryFleeing Felon LegislationRodney King Beating and Riots"Law and Order" as a Popular Political SloganWilliam Bratton (1947–), Police CommissionerRuby Ridge and the Waco SiegeZero Tolerance Policy"Thin Blue Line": Police as a Guard against AnarchyImpact of the War on DrugsChristopher CommissionAbner Louima CaseAmadou Diallo CasePart 5: Intensive Debate about the "American Police State" (2000–Present)Deadly ForcePolice AccountabilityPolice BrutalityPolice Mistreatment in Cases of Civil DisobedienceTimothy Thomas's DeathMilitarization of Public and Campus Police DepartmentsCivil Asset Forfeiture as a Source of Department FundingDeaths in the Line of DutySean Bell ShootingPTSD and Family Issues among OfficersTrayvon Martin ShootingMichael Brown Shooting and the Aftermath in FergusonEric Garner Case in New York City and Subsequent TensionsVariations in Law Enforcement Attitudes about Gun Control LawsUnderstanding Probable CauseBoardwalk EmpireDashcam VideosBody CamerasCommunity Policing TodayEzell Ford ShootingTamir Rice Shooting in ClevelandFreddie Gray CaseWalter Scott ShootingSandra Bland Death in TexasUse of TasersPolice EthicsRacial ProfilingRecidivismConstitutional MandatesCrime Prevention TechniquesPerceptions of Police TodayAbout the Editor and ContributorsIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : ABC-CLIO
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (384 pages)
• Subjects: 363.2/30973; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement; Law enforcement -- United States -- History; Police -- United States -- History; Politics & government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216160946
• Related ISBNs: 9781440843723
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