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  Title

  Citizens defending America : from colonial times to the age of terrorism

  Author

  Greenberg, Martin Alan.  

  Publisher:

  University of Pittsburgh Press,

  Pub date:

  c2005.

  Pages:

  xx, 277 p. :

  ISBN:

  082294264X

  Item info:

  1 copy available at New York State Library.
  

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  Citizens defending America : from colonial times to the age of terrorism
  Greenberg, Martin Alan.
  

  Control number:

  ocm57754151

  ISBN:

  082294264X (hardcover : alk. paper)

  Call number:

  363.2 G798 205-7876

  Author:

  Greenberg, Martin Alan.

  Title:

  Citizens defending America : from colonial times to the age of terrorism / Martin Alan Greenberg ; with a foreword by John B. Wilt.

  Imprint:

  Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2005.

  Physical description:

  xx, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

  Note:

  Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-277) and index.

  Contents:

  Introduction -- Unraveling the concept of volunteer policing -- The lay justice era : from 1607 to 1800 -- The vigilant era : from 1800 to the 1880s -- The spy era : from the 1880s to 1920 -- The transformation era : from 1920 to 1941 -- The assimilation era : from 1941 to the present -- Potential roles for volunteer police service -- The role of volunteer police in terrorism prevention.

  Held by:

  NYSL

  Subject:

  Volunteer workers in law enforcement--United States--History.

  Subject:

  Crime prevention--United States--Citizen participation--History.

  Subject:

  National security--United States--Citizen participation--History.

  Subject:

  Community policing--United States--History.

  Electronic access:

  Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip058/2005004965.html