Constables, marshals, and more : forgotten offices in Texas law enforcement /
Most students of criminal justice, and the general public as well, think of policing along the three basic types of municipal, sheriff, and state police. Little is known about other avenues of police work, such as the constable. In policing textbooks, when a position such as constable is mentioned,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Denton :
University of North Texas Press,
©2011.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
Colección: | North Texas crime and criminal justice series ;
no. 7. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Most students of criminal justice, and the general public as well, think of policing along the three basic types of municipal, sheriff, and state police. Little is known about other avenues of police work, such as the constable. In policing textbooks, when a position such as constable is mentioned, only a line or two is presented, hardly enough to indicate it is of any importance. And yet constables and numerous other alternative policing positions are of vital importance to law enforcement in Texas and in other states. This book seeks to remedy that imbalance in the literature on policing by. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 190 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781574414455 1574414453 1283395045 9781283395045 9786613395047 6613395048 |