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Author:

Chadwick, Bruce, author.

Title:

Law & disorder : the chaotic birth of the NYPD / Bruce Chadwick.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publisher:

Thomas Dunne BooksSt. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

viii, 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

New York (N.Y.).--Police Department--History--19th century.
Police--New York--New York--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Riot! -- The gruesome murder of Helen Jewett -- Extra! Extra! The penny press chases crime -- the magnificent city and the malignant crime wave -- Crime everywhere -- Lydia Child, crime, and chaos -- Faith in the constables frays as the city implodes -- Amateur police walk the beat of a raucous city -- Prostitution, gambling, and drinking: the backbone of the crime surge and downfall of the police -- Five Points and the boundaries of Hell -- The brutal murder of the beautiful cigar girl -- Out with the old, in with the new -- Police brutality raises its ugly head -- Blood in the streets -- The fabulous Fernando Wood -- Blue blood: the 1857 police riots.

ISBN:

1250082587 (hardback)
9781250082589 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)947146015

LCCN:

2016047035

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)