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ASSIGNED TO PATROL: NEIGHBORHOODS, POLICE, AND CHANGING DEPLOYMENT PRACTICES IN NEW YORK CITY BEFORE.

Investigates police assignment practices in late 19th and early 20th century New York City. Consideration of precinct of residence, precinct assignments and assignments to police posts; Ways in which New York City's Police Department was the most advanced and dynamic police department in the United...

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Published in:Journal of Social History Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 1037 - 1065
Main Author: Thale, Christopher
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Summer2004
Subjects:
Community policing
History of the police
History of criminal justice systems
Community relations
History
New York (N.Y.)
New York (State)
United States
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Investigates police assignment practices in late 19th and early 20th century New York City. Consideration of precinct of residence, precinct assignments and assignments to police posts; Ways in which New York City's Police Department was the most advanced and dynamic police department in the United States; Official policies that encouraged the trend to non-resident policing; Achievement of bureaucratic stability before the Progressive period; Patrol officers' participation in the process of separating their own homes from workplaces.