History of the Dichotomy between Private and Public Policing (1830 to 1930)
Author: Terri Oguz“It was not until the 1830s that the idea of a centralized municipal police departments first emerged in the United States. In 1838, the city of Boston established the first American police force, followed by New York City in 1845, Albany, NY and Chicago in 1851, New Orleans and Cincinnati in 1853, Philadelphia in 1855,Continue reading Private vs. Public Police
The Crimes of the Century is part of an interactive website about the history of Homicide in Chicago from 1870-1930, which is a site hosted and funded in part by Northwestern University School of Law, among others. Leigh B. Bienen, a criminal defense attorney, and Director of the Chicago Historical Homicide Project and co-author ofContinue reading Review and Critique of the Crimes of the Century
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