
The English Police
A Political and Social History
Clive Emsley(Author)
Longman (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 20. September 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-582-25768-9 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive history of policing from the eighteenth century onwards, which draws on largely unused police archives. Clive Emsley addresses all the major issues of debate; he explores the impact of legislation and policy at both national and local levels, and considers the claim that the English police were non-political and free from political control. In the final section, he looks at the changing experience of police life. Established as a standard introduction to the subject on its first appearance, the Second Edition has been substantially revised and is now published under the Longman imprint for the first time.
Reviews / Votes
'Set to become the new student text xxx; Here is a historian whose knowledge of English policing history over the whole of the period is second to none.' British Journal of CriminologyMore details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
388 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-582-25768-9 (9780582257689)
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Person
Clive Emsley is Professor of History at the Open University and President of the International Association for the HIstory of Crime and Criminal Justice.
Content
Introduction
1. Policing before the police
2. The coming of the police
3. A police for Victorian England
4. Policing in Victorian England
5. Professionalisation, politics and public order
6. War, mutiny and peace
7. Policing mid-twentieth century England
8. Local bobby or state lackey?
9. A life in the force
10. The policeman as a worker
Conclusion: Constabulary, Gendarmerie and Haute Police
Appendices
Bibliographical note
Index
1. Policing before the police
2. The coming of the police
3. A police for Victorian England
4. Policing in Victorian England
5. Professionalisation, politics and public order
6. War, mutiny and peace
7. Policing mid-twentieth century England
8. Local bobby or state lackey?
9. A life in the force
10. The policeman as a worker
Conclusion: Constabulary, Gendarmerie and Haute Police
Appendices
Bibliographical note
Index