For undergraduate courses in Introduction to Law Enforcement and graduate courses in Law Enforcement in the U.S.

This easy-to-read text chronicles significant historical events that have shaped law enforcement in America, and provides students with an appreciation and understanding of its fundamental nature and contemporary form in American society. Factual events, seldom seen in other law enforcement texts, are well-documented in attention-getting real-life stories, and help to highlight the challenges faced by American law enforcement as it continues to adapt to the rapidly changing needs of a complex society.