NCJ Number
29273
Date Published
1975
Length
319 pages
Annotation
THIS TEXTBOOK WAS WRITTEN FOR COLLEGE LEVEL STUDENTS; IT TRACES THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM THE BEGINNING OF WRITTEN HISTORY TO THE PRESENT, CONCENTRATING ON ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
Abstract
THIS COURSE DESCRIBES THE PHILOSOPHICAL BELIEFS THAT UNDERLIE THE GOVERNMENTAL PRINCIPLES TO WHICH AMERICANS HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES. NEXT, IT TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRACTICES LEADING TO THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ART. THIRD, THE COURSE EXAMINES THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENTAL BLUEPRINT: THE CONSTITUTION, TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AS IT IS STRUCTURED AROUND THE FEDERAL AND STATE CITIZEN. FOURTH, IT LISTS AND DESCRIBES THE MYRIAD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT FUNCTION AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. FINALLY, IT DESCRIBES THE PROCESS OF FORMALLY ADJUDICATING ALLEGED LAW VIOLATIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)