Police and Policing: Contemporary Issues

Police and Policing: Contemporary Issues
ISBN-10
0275954986
ISBN-13
9780275954987
Category
Political Science
Pages
305
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Authors
Robert P. McNamara, Dennis Jay Kenney

Description

This second, complementary edition examines new issues and changes in law enforcement since 1989.

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