Themes in Comparative History Policing and its context, 1750-1870
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0333288947
ISBN 13
9780333288948
LCCN
HV 7903 .E55
Category
Comparative Study
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Publication Year
1983
Publisher
Pages
189 pages
Subject
Policing
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Abstract
The origins of the police forces in Europe can be traced back to the middle ages, but major developments took place during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries which laid the foundations of the modern state police organizations. Clive Emsley covers the period 1750-1870, and age of revolution, social change and institutional transformation, during which England's police force developed to supersede that of France as the model for Europe.
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Content:
Introduction -- Systems and practices before the French Revolution -- Through revolution and war -- old fears and a new model -- Mid-century reforms -- Alternative developments: Prussia and the United States -- Crime and the police -- Order and the police -- Public attitudes and the police -- Some concluding remarks.
Introduction -- Systems and practices before the French Revolution -- Through revolution and war -- old fears and a new model -- Mid-century reforms -- Alternative developments: Prussia and the United States -- Crime and the police -- Order and the police -- Public attitudes and the police -- Some concluding remarks.
Biblio Notes
Includes biographical references (p.181-182) and index.
Number of Copies
1
