Rise of the warrior cop : the militarization of America's police forces / Radley Balko.

"Today's armored-up policemen are a far cry from the constables of early America. The unrest of the 1960s brought about the invention of the SWAT unit--which in turn led to the debut of military tactics in the ranks of police officers. Nixon's War on Drugs, Reagan's War on Poverty, Clinton's COPS pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balko, Radley (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Police > Special weapons and tactics units > United States.
Police > United States.
Militarization of police > United States.
Police > Équipes d'armes spéciales et tactiques > États-Unis.
Crime.
Militarization of police.
Police.
Police > Special weapons and tactics units.
United States.
Ownership and Custodial History:
Embossed stamp on preliminary leaf: "From the library of Lev Raphael." Marginalia throughout.
Local Note:
MSU: From the MSS 375 collection, Lev Raphael papers.
MSU: The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.
Physical Description:xvi, 382 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • From Rome to writs
  • Soldiers in the streets
  • A quick history of cops in America
  • The 1960s: from root causes to brute force
  • The 1970s: pinch and retreat
  • The 1980s: us and them
  • The 1990s: it's all about the numbers
  • The 2000s: a whole new war
  • Reform.