This work covers the development of modern police and their history in the United Kingdom and the United States; the nationalization or centralization of the police function in the UK, the localization of police in the US and the police strikes in both countries in 1918-19 and their effects on the developing institutions. This work examines and explains the effects of the police strikes of 1918-1919 on the development and emergence of policing in both of these countries.
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"[This] is an insightful, well-researched inquiry into the parallel creation of modern policing in America and England. Dr. King's skillful analysis of the Boston and London police strikes of 1919 definitively explains the historical development of a strong centralized police federation with national standards of law enforcement in the United Kingdom and the decentralized, local, crazy-quilt pattern of policing in the United States. He tells a story of rioting, violence and the rise to the presidency of Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge after his strike-breaking role in Boston police disturbances. Dr. King judiciously uses a comprehensive array of primary and secondary sources to bring a fascinating period in history to life. The book is an important contribution to the comparative history of labor and policing." -Larry E. Sullivan, Professor of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York "[This] is a well-documented and probing analysis of modern policing in these two countries. He presents us with an excellent historical comparison of the present policing in both nations. His scholarly research, including interviews with police officers of the period who were involved in the strikes, is insightful and brings the period to life. Dr. King has given us an analysis of not only policing but also the development of unionization of these services and their growth into a centralized Police Service in the United Kingdom and the "Balkanization" of forces into the United States. This work is a "must read" for any serious student of policing or police history." - Gerald Lynch, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice"
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Joseph F. King holds a B.A. from St. Francis College, Brooklyn; an M.A. from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York; and a Ph.D. from CUNY. He has worked in a variety of undercover assignments, and he has served as Special Agent, U.S. Customs Service, in numerous command capacities, until his retirement in 2003. He has received thirty-nine citations for bravery and meritorious conduct.
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