Introduces readers to the world of Federal law enforcement: its role, its powers and jurisdiction, its activities, and its recent expansion
Jeffrey B. Bumgarner is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Texas Christian University. He is the author of Profiling and Criminal Justice in America and the forthcoming To Protect and Serve: An Introduction to Law Enforcement.
In this aptly titled book, Bumgarner comprehensively surveys the
numerous federal law enforcement agencies, recounting the reasons
and timing of their creation and their specialized
responsibilities….Undergraduate collections.
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Writing for general readers and students in criminal justice,
Bumgarner examines the history of American federal law enforcement
and the complex system of agencies, agents, and laws that make up
the current federal law enforcement program. He introduces the
jurisdiction and responsibilities of each agency of the federal law
enforcement community, and looks at the role that federal public
policy plays in the criminal justice system. Discussion of emerging
trends focuses on the expanding domestic effort against terrorism.
About 70 pages of appendices offer a chronology, an outline of
majority and dissenting opinions from the landmark case U.S. v.
Lopez, and lists of chapters of the federal criminal code,
agencies, and the table of contents of the USA Patriot Act.
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[P]rovides a welcome survey to the myriad of federal agencies that
currently operate. Since 9/11 and the structuring of DHS, such a
guide is needed….Readers here find a concise guide to the major
agencies, supplemented by discussion of current issues that go
across jurisdictions.
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