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Author Williams, Chris A., author

Title Police control systems in Britain, 1775-1975 : from parish constable to national computer / Chris A. Williams
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014
New York : Palgrave Macmillan

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Description 1 online resource (x, 242 pages .)
Contents Introduction -- The 'old' police – The proletarianisation of police labour, 1800-1860 – Drilled bodies and zealous minds, 1820-1880 – Time, bureaucracy and the new policeman, 1830-1930 – Real-time communication, 1848-1945 – The arrive of the control room, 1919-1975 – Computerising the back office, 1955-1980 – Conclusion
Summary This title analyses several revolutionary changes in the way that Britain has been policed in the last 200 years. It shows how management techniques and information systems have been developed to form modern police institutions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
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Subject Police -- Great Britain -- History
Police administration -- Great Britain -- History
Police -- Technological innovations -- Great Britain
HISTORY -- Social History.
Policía -- Gran Bretaña -- Historia
Police -- Great Britain -- History
Police
Police administration
Great Britain
Genre/Form Libros electrónicos
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1781707979
9781781707975
9781526102584
1526102587
9781526102591
1526102595