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Author Greenberg, Martin Alan.

Title Citizens defending America : from colonial times to the age of terrorism / Martin Alan Greenberg ; with a foreword by John B. Wilt.

Imprint Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  363.2 G829c 2005    ---  Available
Description xx, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-277) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Unraveling the concept of volunteer policing -- The lay justice era : from 1607 to 1800 -- The vigilant era : from 1800 to the 1880s -- The spy era : from the 1880s to 1920 -- The transformation era : from 1920 to 1941 -- The assimilation era : from 1941 to the present -- Potential roles for volunteer police service -- The role of volunteer police in terrorism prevention.
Subject Volunteer workers in law enforcement -- United States -- History.
Crime prevention -- United States -- Citizen participation -- History.
National security -- United States -- Citizen participation -- History.
Community policing -- United States -- History.
ISBN 082294264X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780822942641 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard No. IG# 082294264X
YDXCP 2219095

 
    
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