English Police - A Political and Social History

Clive Emsley is Professor of History at the Open University and President of the International Association for the HIstory of Crime and Criminal Justice. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Clive Emsley, Clive (Open University Emsley
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.07.2016
• EAN: 9781138145306
• ISBN: 978-1-138-14530-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; European History, HISTORY / General, Society & culture: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, British & Irish history, Society and culture: general, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Police and security services