The men of Mobtown : policing Baltimore in the age of slavery and emancipation /

"The customary story of the rise of modern policing in America is rooted in the growth of northern cities. In this telling, professional police forces arose primarily in reaction to growing urban populations of immigrants and the poor. Meanwhile, scholars of the American South often argue that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malka, Adam (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Series:Justice, power, and politics.
Core collection.
Criminal justice & criminology.
UNC Press law publications.
Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
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