The Victorian Policeman

As Queen Victoria''s reign commenced the old watchmen were still patrolling the streets and Bow Street Runners were still investigating crime in London; the counties and boroughs were being policed by their own unpaid parish constables. This book details the demise of the old policing systems and the development of Sir Robert Peel''s ''New Police'', or ''Peelers'' as they were commonly called. It gives a vivid account of what it was like to be one of these revolutionary new officers and why a policeman''s lot was not always a happy one. But above all it explains why Britain''s police service has become the envy of all other police forces throughout the world.>

Product details

• Authors: Simon Patrick Dell, Dell Simon Patrick
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2004
• EAN: 9780747805915
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-0591-5
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 208 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Shire Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, History: specific events & topics, European History, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, History: specific events and topics, Police & security services, Police and security services