Chapter 1: The 'Old' policing system.- Chapter 2: Crime disorder and police reform in the eighteenth century.- Chapter 3: The reform of policing in the Metropolis, 1798-1863.- Chapter 4: The development of professional policing outside the Metropolis,1829-1856.- Chapter 5: Police governance1856-1964.- Chapter 6: The 1964 Police Act in operation: constabulary independence versus local accountability.- Chapter 7: New Public Management, pluralization and police governance, 1983-1997.- Chapter 8: Labour's reforms to police governance 1997-2010 334-395.- Chapter 9: Reforms to police governance The Coalition Government 2010-15.- Chapter 10: The policing of extremism, terrorism and transnational crime.- Chapter 11: The governance of discretion.- Chapter 12: Conclusion - future directions for police governance.