Police in the age of improvement : The origins and development of policing in Scotland, 1775-1865
Barrie, David200804UU
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What was the relationship between police development and urban growth? Who were the police commissioners and what were their concerns and priorities?. This book addresses these questions. It provides an analysis of the economic, social and political factors that shaped police reform, development and policy in Scottish burghs. The study of police history in Scotland has largely been neglected. Little is known about the Scottish police's origins, development and character despite growing interest in the machinery of law enforcement in other parts of the United Kingdom. This book seeks to remedy this. Based on extensive research, the central aim of the book is to provide an in-depth analysis of the economic, social and political factors that shaped police reform, development and policy in Scottish burghs and surrounding counties. It addresses questions such as: How was social control exercised in Georgian society and why was it increasingly deemed to be ineffective by the early nineteenth century?; Why, and in what ways, did the pattern, nature and origins of police development in Scotland differ from elsewhere in the United Kingdom?; What was the relationship between police development and urban growth?; and Who were the police commissioners and what were their concerns and priorities?
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Imprint:
Cullompton : Willan Publishing : [distributor] NBN International Ltd : [distributor] Federation Press : [distributor] International Specialized Book Services, Inc (ISBS), 2008.
Collation:
240 p. ; 23x16 cm.
Notes:
Hardback.
Audience:
Undergraduate.
Contents:
1 Introduction-- 2 The 'police' concept in Scotland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries-- 3 Urban order and law enforcement in the late eighteenth century-- 4 Debates, discussions and urban challenges: police origins and the pattern of adoption, 1800-32-- 5 The police model and its historical significance, 1800-32-- 6 National legislation and the state of burgh policing by mid-century, 1833-58-- 7 Policing urban Scotland, 1800-46-- 8 The struggle for control of police commissions: changing attitudes towards urban administration, c.1807-64-- 9 The social composition and political outlook of police commissions, c.1833-64-- 10 Voting behaviour and social representation in civil society, c.1833-56 Conclusion-- Index.
ISBN:
9781843922667 (hbk)1843922665 (hbk)
Dewey class:
363.20941109034363.209411
Language:
English
Subject:
Police -- History -- 19th century -- ScotlandPolice -- History -- 18th century -- ScotlandPolice & security services -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- ScotlandCriminal investigation & detection -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- ScotlandSocial & cultural history -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- Scotland
BRN:
1631284
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