The FBI
Subtitle: A Comprehensive Reference Guide
Contributors: Athan G. Theoharis (Editor); Tony G. Poveda (Editor); Susan Rosenfeld (Editor); Richard Gid Powers (Editor)
Publisher: Oryx Press
Published: November 9, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780897749916
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Police & security services; Reference works; United States.; Reference; Government - Federal; U.S. Government - Intelligence Agencies; Sociology; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; USA; Government - National; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Political Science / Government / National; History; Criminology; United States; Federal Bureau of Investigatio; Federal Bureau of Investigation
First sentence: Created as a minor division of the Department of Justice in July 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (originally named the Bureau of Investigation) grew steadily over the next decades as its role and powers were enlarged.