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Constabulary : the rise of police institutions in Britain, the Commonwealth, and the United States / Hereward Senior.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Senior, Hereward, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--Great Britain--History.
- Police.
- Police--Commonwealth countries--History.
- Police--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Oxford : Dundurn Press, [1997]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A comparative study of law enforcement agencies with a Common Law tradition.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; I. Origin of Common Law: Anglo-Saxons to the Eighteenth Century; II. The Emergence of the London Metropolitan Police; III. The Rise of the New York Police Department; IV. Police in Montreal; V. Rural Policing in Ireland: the Royal Irish Constabulary; VI. Police in India; VII. Police in Australia; VIII. South African Police; IX. Rural America and the Wild West; X. The Canadian Police Perspective; XI. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-188) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611962456
- 9781281962454
- 1281962457
- 9781554881369
- 1554881366
- OCLC:
- 244770294
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