books by Frank Morn

books by Frank Morn

books:

Frank Morn

The Eye That Never Sleeps: A History of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency

Frank Morn

Indiana Univ Pr, 1982

A History of Private Detectives
This book examines the social functions of the police from the 1850s to the 1920. The Pinkerton National Detective Agency filled the gaps of the inadequate public police and their limited jurisdiction. They would spy on workers for the "Robber Barons" and gather ...

Pursuing Justice
Ralph A. Weisheit, Frank T. Morn

Wadsworth Publishing, 2003

This book is an introduction to the pursuit of justice and how our criminal justice system is designed to further or hamper that goal. It is designed to fill a gap in the literature on justice by combining a discussion of the concept of justice within a philosophical and legal context. The authors discuss the concept of justice, provide examples ...

A Cowboy Detective: A True Story of Twenty-two Years with a World-Famous Detective Agency

Charles A. Siringo

University of Nebraska Press, 1988

Siringo's Best
Charles Siringo was the real deal, the rare 1870's cowboy who experienced the trail rides of the Wild West, but also felt the need and had the desire to put his experiences in writing. The stories in his books seem to be honest and legit, not inflated or ...

Foundations of Criminal Investigation

Frank Morn

Carolina Academic Press, 2000

The Master Tells All
I had the honor of learning first hand from mr. Morn in one of his classes in early 05. This book is an excellent primer in criminal investigations. A wonderfull read, this book reads like a novel when it should read like a textbook: it makes you knowlegeable about ...

A Cowboy Detective: A True Story of Twenty-two Years with a World-Famous Detective Agency
Charles A. Siringo

University of Nebraska Press, 1988

After years of cowboying, Charles A. Siringo had settled down to store-keeping in Caldwell, Kansas, when a blind phrenologist, traveling through, took the measure of his "mule head" and told him that he was "cut out" for detective work. Thereupon, Siringo joined the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in 1886. A Cowboy Detective chronicles his ...

Academic Politics and the History of Criminal Justice Education: (Contributions in Criminology and Penology)
Frank Morn

Greenwood Press, 1995

The rise of academic criminal justice programs from their beginnings at the University of California in the 1930s through the split into academic and vocational models during the later decades are described in this work. Academic politics and politicians are emphasized. The academic infighting in developing programs, and input from various other ...