Policing the Victorian Community
The Formation of English Provincial Police Forces, 1856-80
Published on 27. August 2015
230 pages
978-1-317-37257-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 central government, into sets of personal beliefs.
By tracing the evolution of a policed society through the agency of local police forces, the book illustrates the ways in which a society, at many levels and from many perspectives, understood itself to operate, and the ways in which ownership, servitude, obligation, and the reciprocality of social relations manifested themselves in different communities. This title will be of interest to students of criminology and history.
By tracing the evolution of a policed society through the agency of local police forces, the book illustrates the ways in which a society, at many levels and from many perspectives, understood itself to operate, and the ways in which ownership, servitude, obligation, and the reciprocality of social relations manifested themselves in different communities. This title will be of interest to students of criminology and history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
2,02 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-37257-8 (9781317372578)
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Policing the Victorian Community
The Formation of English Provincial Police Forces, 1856-80
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Policing the Victorian Community
The Formation of English Provincial Police Forces, 1856-80
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Content
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
