Criminal Justice in America
Chapter 4: Police and Society


A Question of Attitude
| From Citizen Volunteers to Professional Police


A Question of Attitude

Gallup Police Poll Results of a 1999 Gallup poll asking for people's opinions on various subjects relating to the police.


From Citizen Volunteers to Professional Police

U.S. Police Agency Structure and Organization Information and links to federal, state, and local police agencies in the United States.

History of the Metropolitan Police Service History and famous cases from London's police department.

Who We Are A brief history of the NYPD.

A Brief Guide to Police History A history of policing from ancient times to the present.

AJAX Links to U.S. and international intelligence agencies, law-enforcement agencies, defense agencies, defense laboratories, military branches, regulatory agencies, and other government agencies.

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse Non-partisan information on federal law enforcement. (Syracuse University)

Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 1998 National data on federal officers with arrest and firearms authority. (Bureau of Justice Statistics)

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