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Law & disorder : the chaotic birth of the NYPD
- Title
- Law & disorder : the chaotic birth of the NYPD / Bruce Chadwick.
- Author
- Chadwick, Bruce
- Publication
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2017.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 368 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Nineteenth-century New York City was one of the most magnificent cities in the world, but also one of the most deadly. Without any real law enforcement for almost 200 years, the city was a lawless place where the crime rate was triple what it is today and the murder rate was five or six times as high. The staggering amount of crime threatened to topple a city that was experiencing meteoric growth and striving to become one of the most spectacular in America. For the first time, award-winning historian Bruce Chadwick examines how rampant violence led to the founding of the first professional police force in New York City. Chadwick brings readers into the bloody and violent city, where race relations and an influx of immigrants boiled over into riots, street gangs roved through town with abandon, and thousands of bars, prostitutes, and gambling emporiums clogged the streets. The drive to establish law and order and protect the city involved some of New York's biggest personalities, including mayor Fernando Wood, police chief Fred Tallmadge, and journalist Walt Whitman. Law and Disorder is a must read for fans of New York history and those interested in how the first police force, untrained and untested, battled to maintain law and order. "--
- Alternative Title
- Law and disorder
- Subjects
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- New York (N.Y.) > Police Department > History > 19th century
- Police > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Law Enforcement
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographcial references (pages 343-352) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-5109
- ISBN
- 9781250082589
- 1250082587
- LCCN
- 2016047035
- OCLC
- 2016047035
- Author
- Chadwick, Bruce, author.
- Title
- Law & disorder : the chaotic birth of the NYPD / Bruce Chadwick.
- Publisher
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2017.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographcial references (pages 343-352) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-5109