Policing the Wild North-West - A Sociological Study of the Provincial Police in Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1905-32 (New)

List of contents

Introduction; The Creation of the Provincial Police in Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1905-17; The Organisational Structures and Operation of the Provincial Police in Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1917-32; The Shift in the Objects of Police Control in the Prairie Provinces; Provincial Police Activities in Controlling the "Dangerous Classes" and Serious Crime, 1917-32; The Police Enforcement of Prohibition Laws, 1917-24: Legitimation Crisis; Conclusion: The Return of the RCMP; Index.

About the author

Zhiqiu Lin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. His areas of expertise include policing and crime, legal development in China, and quantitative data analysis.

Summary

In Policing the Wild North-West, the first comprehensive social history of provincial police in western Canada between 1905 and 1932, Zhiqiu Lin investigates the complex relationship between the role of policing, the political sphere, and social progress.

Product details

• Authors: Zhiqiu Lin
• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2007
• EAN: 9781552381717
• ISBN: 978-1-55238-171-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 365 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General