The Encyclopedia of American Law Enforcement

This first-ever A-Z overview of local, state, and federal police work contains 654 entries on 149 law enforcement agencies (for example, Chicago Police Department, North Carolina Highway Patrol); 363 significant individuals (Earp brothers; Hoover, J. Edgar; King, Rodney); 119 general subjects (Arson, Forensic science, Radar/lidar law enforcement applications); and 20 famous or notorious incidents (Haymarket bombing, Ludlow Massacre). The time period covered is from early America through the present. Author Newton, who has also produced encyclopedias on high-tech crime fighting, serial murders, and kidnappings, notes that the current work does not seek to sugarcoat history or scandalize. In fact, the title could be extended to "and Malfeasance" because of the many instances in which law enforcement has broken the law at all levels.