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SAGE Journal Articles

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Article 1: Thale, C. (2007). The informal world of police patrol: New York City in the early twentieth century. Journal of Urban History, 33 (2), 183-216.

Learning objective: identify how the nature of policing in the United States changed over time.

Article 2: McAra, L., & McVie, S. (2010). Youth crime and justice: Key messages from the Edinburgh study of youth transitions and crime. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 10 (2), 179-209.

Learning objective: evaluate the contributions of August Vollmer and the International Association of Chiefs of Police on policing in the United States.

Article 3: Frantzen, D. (2010). Canine sniffs and policing the drug war. Criminal Justice Review, 35 (4), 438-452.

Learning objective: identify the sources and consequences of the unrest in policing during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Encyclopedia and Reference

Encyclopedia 1: Everett, P. (2013). Metropolitan Police Act of 1829. In K. Peak (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Community Policing and Problem Solving. (pp. 244-249).

Learning objective: summarize the influence of early English policing on policing and the increasing professionalization of policing in the United States over time.

Encyclopedia 2: Stolberg, V. (2012). Slave Patrols. In W. Miller (Ed.), The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia. (pp. 1679-1681).

Learning objective: identify how the nature of policing in the United States changed over time.

Encyclopedia 3: CMauck, M. (2012). Fingerprinting. In W. Miller (Ed.), The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia. (pp. 625-629).

Learning objective: evaluate the contributions of August Vollmer and the International Association of Chiefs of Police on policing in the United States.