1st Edition
Policing the Victorian Community The Formation of English Provincial Police Forces, 1856-80
Edited By Carolyn Steedman
Copyright 1984
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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The year 1856 saw the first compulsory Police Act in England (and Wales). Over the next thirty years a class society came to be policed by a largely working-class police. This book, first published in 1984, traces the process by which men made themselves into policemen, translating ideas about work and servitude, about local government and local community, servitude and the ideologies of law and... Read more
Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part 1: Government and Policing; 1. Government and Policing; Part 2: Men and Policemen; 2. Making a County Force 3. Origins 4. Becoming a Policeman 5. A Policeman’s Life 6. An Entirely New Situation 7. Security: The Campaign for Police Pension Rights 8. Identity 9. Possibilities: The Example of the Licensing Laws 10. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography and Sources; Index
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