The article is devoted to the history of the U.S. police at the early stage of the American history. The authors analyze the periodization of the U.S. law enforcement system history, the chronology of origin of the police, and its historical peculiarities.
law enforcement system, police, history of the police, history of the USA, history of pedagogy
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