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Most of the books in Hans Toch’s library are heavily marked up. This makes them worthless monetarily, but a treasure to see what he considered significant in the many classics in his library, including many written by his former students.

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The Urban Police Function

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE POLICE FUNCTION. Frank J. Remington, Chairman

Approved Draft of Standards. The following standards were approved by the ABA House of Delegates at its mid-winter meeting in February 1973. They reflect amendments, a few significant but most editorial in nature, made in the tentative draft of the standards which were published in a 303-page report during March 1972. This set of standards was the last so approved of the eighteen formulated by the seven Advisory Committees working under the ABA Special Committee on Standards for the Administration of Criminal Justice. The other subjects concerning which standards have been prepared are listed on the last page of this publication.

NY. Washington Bar Assoc. 1973. 360p.

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The Police Mystique: An Insider's Look at Cops, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System

By Chief Anthony V. Bouza (Ret.)

FROM THE JACKET: The prevalence of crime and violence in our culture is all too visible in the crack-ridden streets of our cities. Chief Anthony V. Bouza, recently retired Chief of Police in Minneapolis and former Commander of Police in the Bronx, is one of the leading authorities and innovative thinkers on crime in this country. As an insider he gives the reader a candid tour of the police force -a world more often than not shrouded in silence. In a no-nonsense yet highly articulate manner, Chief Bouza reveals the underpinnings of the police force, where even the lowest man on the totem pole has more power - the power of life and death -than any CEO. He also demonstrates how the safety and future of our cities ultimately lie in the hands of the chief of police. As head of the department, the chief sets the tone and establishes the rules regulating all police behavior. In a society filled with ambiguous and changing values, Chief Bouza tackles many highly charged issues. How should officers react to calls from wives whose lives are threatened by their spouses? Should the right to bear arms include access to automatic weapons? Is a cop on every corner the answer to most of society's ills? Bouza answers…..

NY. Plenum Press. 1990,303p.

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