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ICONS OF CRIME FIGHTING RecentTitlesin GreenwoodIcons IconsofHorrorandtheSupernatural:AnEncyclopediaof OurWorstNightmares EditedbyS.T.Joshi IconsofBusiness:AnEncyclopediaofMavericks,Movers,andShakers KateriDrexler IconsofHipHop:AnEncyclopediaoftheMovement,Music,andCulture EditedbyMickeyHess IconsofEvolution:AnEncyclopediaofPeople,Evidence,andControversies EditedbyBrianRegal IconsofRock:AnEncyclopediaoftheLegendsWhoChangedMusicForever ScottSchinderandAndySchwartz Icons of R&B and Soul: An Encyclopedia of the Artists Who Revolutionized Rhythm BobGulla AfricanAmericanIconsofSport:Triumph,Courage,andExcellence MatthewC.Whitaker IconsoftheAmericanWest:FromCowgirlstoSiliconValley EditedbyGordonMorrisBakken IconsofLatinoAmerica:LatinoContributionstoAmericanCulture RogerBruns ICONS OF CRIME FIGHTING Relentless Pursuers Of Justice VOLUME 1 Edited by Jeffrey B. Bumgarner GreenwoodIcons GREENWOODPRESS Westport,Connecticut • London LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Iconsofcrimefighting:relentlesspursuersofjustice/editedbyJeffreyBumgarner. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN-13:978-0-313-34129-8((set):alk.paper) ISBN-13:978-0-313-34130-4((vol.1):alk.paper) ISBN-13:978-0-313-34131-1((vol.2):alk.paper) 1.Lawenforcement—UnitedStates—History.2.Crimeprevention—United States—History.3.Criminalinvestigation—UnitedStates—History.4.Criminal justice,Administrationof—UnitedStates—History.5.Personalityandhistory.I. Bumgarner,JeffreyB. HV8138.I36 2008 363.20920273—dc22 2008018447 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataisavailable. Copyright(cid:2)C 2008byJeffreyB.Bumgarner Allrightsreserved.Noportionofthisbookmaybe reproduced,byanyprocessortechnique,withoutthe expresswrittenconsentofthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:2008018447 ISBN-13:978-0-313-34129-8(set) 978-0-313-34130-4(vol.1) 978-0-313-34131-1(vol.2) Firstpublishedin2008 GreenwoodPress,88PostRoadWest,Westport,CT06881 AnimprintofGreenwoodPublishingGroup,Inc. www.greenwood.com PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Thepaperusedinthisbookcomplieswiththe PermanentPaperStandardissuedbytheNational InformationStandardsOrganization(Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Icons of Crime Fighting is dedicated to all the individuals who have made it their life’s work to fight crime and injustice in the United States and else- where. While this publication recounts the service of many individuals who are well known for this fight and are deserving of accolades, there are countless more men and women who work visibly in their own communities or behind the scenes in all realms of the criminal justice system—as police officers, federal agents, prosecutors, victims’ advocates, social workers, etc. They too are deserving of tribute. This book set is for them. This page intentionally left blank Contents ListofPhotos ix SeriesForeword xi Preface xiii Volume1 GunFighters:U.S.MarshalsoftheOldWest,TustyZohraand JeffreyT.Walker 1 AllanPinkerton,ScottH.BelshawandAmandaL.Belshaw 27 TheTexasRangers,RonaldBurns 57 AugustVollmer,WillardM.Oliver 83 J.EdgarHooverandtheFBI,KilbyRaptopoulos andJeffreyT.Walker 117 ThomasDewey,ClarrisaBreen 143 RobertKennedy:TheEnforcerWithin, J.ScottGranberg-Rademacker 167 JimGarrison,ElviraM.White 197 BufordPusser,JacobRodriguez 235 EddieEganandSonnyGrosso,EllenLeichtman 257 BobWoodwardandCarlBernstein:PresidentialCrimeFightersand ShapersofAmericanPublicOpinion,ChristopherLarimer 291 viii Contents Volume2 FranciscoVincentSerpico,MorrisA.Taylor 319 JosephPistone,AKA‘‘DonnieBrasco,’’JohnDombrink 343 VincentT.Bugliosi:JusticePurist—TheProsecutorwithaHeart, EdwardJ.Schauer 371 ForAdam:TheJohnWalshStory,ElizabethQuinnDeValve 421 FBIProfilers,RichardN.Kocsis 437 SheriffJoeArpaio,KelliStevens 463 MarkFuhrman,ScottH.Belshaw 493 Rudolph‘‘Rudy’’Giuliani,CamilleGibson 521 CurtisSliwa:Vigilantism,Victims’Rights,andtheGuardianAngels, BrionSever,withAlGormanandGregCoram 553 Dr.HenryLee:LeadingPractitionerinForensicCriminal Investigations,JanetE.McClellan 577 Dr.BillBass,C(cid:2)ecileVandeVoorde 605 SelectedBibliography 623 AbouttheEditorandtheContributors 645 Index 651

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Notorious criminals have captured our imaginations for years and years. But we don't forget, either, the many people and organizations who fight back. J. Edgar Hoover and Eliot Ness have entered into the American psyche as two of our most aggressive and successful crime fighters. Still, there are ot
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