This book takes a look the origin of policing in the United States, and its possible roots in the Slave Patrols of the south during slavery. It looks at how the

Hadden examines the patrols, the most frequent enforcers of the laws involving slaves, and how they influenced race relations and the Ku Klux Klan after the Civ

Let's begin with the basics: violence is an inherent part of policing. The police represent the most direct means by which the state imposes its will on the cit

A hard-hitting examination of community policing and its negative impact on the urban poor.

“Swanson has done a crucial public service by exposing the barbarous side of the Rangers.” —The New York Times Book Review A twenty-first century reckonin