Bøker i The History of Policing-serien

Demonstrates how the policing system in place in Britain has emerged from an historical overlap of two broad policing models: a civil (English) and a semi-military (colonial) tradition.

Reprints a series of the articles which deal with: the ways that police organisation was structured and reformed; the nature of the policing task in this period; who carried this task out (with particular attention to the arrival of policewomen); and, some of the crises and ongoing areas of concern which they faced.

The introduction of the 'New Police' has been represented as a watershed in the development of the systems of policing we know today. But just how sweeping were the changes made to the maintenance of law and order during the nineteenth century? This title shows a process which, while cumulatively dramatic, was also at times protracted.

Provides some of the most significant articles on the historical development of the police institution. This title introduces some of the theoretical outlines that have been suggested for the origins and development of modern police institutions across Europe.