Rise of the warrior cop
Subtitle: the militarization of America's police forces
By: Radley Balko
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9781610392112
Subjects: United States; Police; Special weapons and tactics units
Description: Relates the history of American police forces from the constables and sheriffs of the past to the modern-day SWAT teams and riot squads that blur the line between police officers and soldiers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-368) and index.
Table of contents: title: From Rome to writs; title: Soldiers in the streets; title: A quick history of cops in America; title: The 1960s: from root causes to brute force; title: The 1970s: pinch and retreat; title: The 1980s: us and them; title: The 1990s: it's all about the numbers; title: The 2000s: a whole new war; title: Reform.