Policing in America

1. Background and history : The early stages of social control ; Policing in early societies ; The British roots of American policing ; Policing in the early American colonies ; The evolution of American policing: the nineteenth century ; The evolution of policing: the twentieth century ; Policing changes in context -- 2. Problems, controversies, and solutions : The police mission ; The world of the police ; Ethics in policing: police misconduct ; Issues of diversity in policing ; The changing police milieu ; New approaches ; The future of American policing -- 3. Worldwide perspective : International and comparative criminal justice ; Transnational crime ; International policing ; The study of international and comparative policing ; Policing systems in other countries ; An overview of world policing systems -- 4. Chronology -- 5. Biographical sketches : Harry Anslinger ; Lola Greene Baldwin ; Samuel Battle ; Alphonse Bertillon ; William Burns ; Patrick Colquhoun ; Wyatt Earp ; Henry Faulds ; Henry Fielding ; John Fielding ; Francis Galton ; Pat Garrett ; Daryl Gates ; Herman Goldstein ; Hans Gross ; Beverly J. Harvard ; Edward Richard Henry ; William James Hershel ; J. Edgar Hoover ; George L. Kelling ; Greg MacAleese ; Eliot Ness ; William H. Parker ; Robert Peel ; Allan Pinkerton ; Theodore Roosevelt ; Frank Serpico ; Bruce Smith ; Eugene Fran??ois Vidocq ; August Vollmer ; Juan Vucetich ; Joseph Wambaugh ; Alice Stebbins Wells ; James Q. Wilson ; O. W. Wilson -- 6. Facts and data : Police personnel -- 7. Directory of organizations : Federal government agencies related to policing ; State departments of public safety -- 8. Resources : Print resources ; Nonprint resources.