The Chief Constables of England and Wales

The origins of the provincial police in England and Wales; the development of the police organization in England and Wales; the recruitment and selection of chief constables before Desborough; past debates over selection and appointment; towards the internal recruitment of chief constables; higher police training - strategies for sustaining the internal recruitment of chief constables; the careers of chief constables appointed between 1836 and 1996; the occupational and social origins of chief constables appointed between 1836 and 1996; the ideology of internal recruitment and the governance of police management.