The Use and Abuse of Police Power in America: Historical Milestones and Current Controversies

Cover 
 Half Title 
 Title Page 
 Copyright 
 Contents 
 Preface 
 Acknowledgments 
 Part 1: Legal and Societal Limits to Police Power in Early America (1600s-1800s) 
 Fourth Amendment 
 Fifth Amendment 
 Sixth Amendment 
 Sir Robert Peel and Principles of Modern Policing 
 Bow Street Runners 
 Southern Slave Patrols 
 Colonial Night Watches 
 Pinkerton Detective Agency and Private Policing 
 Law Enforcement in the Wild West 
 International Association of Chiefs of Police 
 Crime Control versus Due Process 
 Part 2: Technological Advances and the Rise of Organized Crime (1900-1950). Charles Becker (1870-1915) Gangsters of the 1900s 
 Secret Service 
 Teddy Roosevelt\'s Fight against Police Corruption 
 ACLU 
 J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), Director of the FBI 
 Wickersham Report on Soaring Crime during Prohibition 
 Brown v. Mississippi 
 National Firearms Act 
 Police Misconduct during the L.A. Zoot Suit Riots 
 Uniform Crime Reports 
 Wiretapping 
 Part 3: Law Enforcement in an Era of Political and Social Upheaval (1950-1975) 
 Miranda v. Arizona 
 Mapp v. Ohio 
 Terry v. Ohio 
 Kerner Commission Report on Race Riots and Police Response. Chicago Police during the 1968 Democratic National Convention Increase in Violent Crime Rate and Risk to Law Enforcement 
 Control Theory 
 Knapp Commission 
 Frank Serpico (1936- ) 
 Summerdale Scandal 
 Church Committee Investigation of FBI Surveillance 
 Police Authority to Detain 
 Corruption 
 RICO Act 
 Part 4: A New Mandate for Exercising Police Power (1975-2000) 
 Wilson and Kelling\'s Broken Windows Theory 
 Fleeing Felon Legislation 
 Rodney King Beating and Riots 
 \"Law and Order\" as a Popular Political Slogan 
 William Bratton (1947- ), Police Commissioner. Ruby Ridge and the Waco Siege Zero Tolerance Policy 
 \"Thin Blue Line\": Police as a Guard against Anarchy 
 Impact of the War on Drugs 
 Christopher Commission 
 Abner Louima Case 
 Amadou Diallo Case 
 Part 5: Intensive Debate about the \"American Police State\" (2000-Present)
 Deadly Force
 Police Accountability
 Police Brutality
 Police Mistreatment in Cases of Civil Disobedience
 Timothy Thomas\'s Death
 Militarization of Public and Campus Police Departments
 Civil Asset Forfeiture as a Source of Department Funding
 Deaths in the Line of Duty
 Sean Bell Shooting. PTSD and Family Issues among OfficersTrayvon Martin Shooting
 Michael Brown Shooting and the Aftermath in Ferguson
 Eric Garner Case in New York City and Subsequent Tensions
 Variations in Law Enforcement Attitudes about Gun Control Laws
 Understanding Probable Cause
 Boardwalk Empire
 Dashcam Videos
 Body Cameras
 Community Policing Today
 Ezell Ford Shooting
 Tamir Rice Shooting in Cleveland
 Freddie Gray Case
 Walter Scott Shooting
 Sandra Bland Death in Texas
 Use of Tasers
 Police Ethics
 Racial Profiling
 Recidivism
 Constitutional Mandates
 Crime Prevention Techniques.