| Description |
x, 342 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: 'A Well-organized Police Establishment': Politics and the Transition to a Policed Rural Society -- 2. 'The Wreck Only of an Ancient System'? The Old Provincial Constabulary on the Eve of Reform -- 3. The Gentry and Law Enforcement in the Countryside: Changing Views, 1820-35 -- 4. Metropolitan Perspectives: Ministers, MPs and Moral Entrepreneurs -- 5. Provincial Policing Initiatives: The County, the Parish and the Union -- 6. Anatomy of an Early Victorian Royal Commission: The Constabulary Force Commission, 1836-9 -- 7. The County Police Acts (1839-40) and Their Reception: Issues and Outcomes -- 8. The Rhetoric of Police Reform: The Quarter Sessions Debates of 1839-41 -- 9. Epilogue, 1840-56: 'One System Alone of Rural Police' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-250) and index |
| Subject |
Constables -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Police -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Police, Rural -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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| Author |
Storch, Robert D., 1940-
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| LC no. |
98026883 |
| ISBN |
0718501128 (hardcover) |
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0718502701 (paperback) |
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