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Policing - Newburn, Tim (Editor)
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There are great dangers in assuming that modern arrangements for maintaining order and controlling crime are timeless. In fact, what we now understand by professional police forces have been with us for only two centuries. But what do they do, how are they organized, and how should we distinguish their powers and functions from other institutions? And what lies behind the stereotypes endlessly portrayed in the cinema, television, and other media? Much scholarly attention has focused on the nature of police culture, the ...

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