RT Book
T1 Federal agents: the growth of federal law enforcement in America
A1 Bumgarner, Jeffrey B.
LA English
PP Westport, Conn. u.a.
PB Praeger
YR 2006
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/511603614
AB The United States Constitution and federal police power -- Federal law enforcement takes root in America (1700s-1850s) -- Go West young man (1860s-1920s) -- Hoover's G-men come of age -- Overshadowed but not forgotten -- (other Treasury and Justice agencies) -- The inspectors general -- (and the battle against fraud, waste, and abuse) -- And then there were 100 -- (the rest of the federal law enforcement community) -- Public police, homeland security, and the future of federal law enforcement -- Appendix A: Chapters of the federal criminal code -- Appendix B: majority and dissenting opinions containing principle arguments for and against broad federal police power from the landmark case of U.S. v. Lopez (1995) -- Appendix C: Partial list of federal law enforcement agencies and types of officers they employ -- Appendix D: Table of contents of the USA Patriot Act (signed into law on October 26, 2001) -- Appendix E: Selected events in the chronology of federal law enforcement
NO Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227) and index
CN HV7561
SN 0275989534
K1 Law Enforcement : United States
K1 USA : Strafverfolgung