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Policing the Urban Underworld
David R. Johnson
其他書名
The Impact of Crime on the Development of the American Police, 1800-1887
出版Temple University Press, 1979
主題Political Science / Law Enforcement
ISBN08772214809780877221487
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=hXJpAAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This book examines how criminals shaped police behavior in the nineteenth century. It is an attempt to understand how the theory of crime prevention worked in practice. In general, we will see that the theory was not a particularly effective guide to crime control because its advocates assumed an overly simplistic view of the relationship between policemen and criminals. More specifically, I will argue that various types of criminals had, and have, the ability to negate the theory's promises because of the underworld's complexity and growth in an urban setting. The primary focus of this book therefore is on the interaction between policemen and criminals rather than on reformers and policemen. We must consider the experience of the police in dealing with criminals if we are to obtain a full understanding of the reasons why our police behave as they do. - p. vii.