{"product_id":"the-english-police-a-political-and-social-history-9780582257689","title":"The English Police A Political and Social History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA comprehensive history of policing from the eighteenth century onwards, which draws on largely unused police archives. Clive Emsley addresses all the major issues of debate; he explores the impact of legislation and policy at both national and local levels, and considers the claim that the English police were non-political and free from political control. In the final section, he looks at the changing experience of police life. Established as a standard introduction to the subject on its first appearance, the Second Edition has been substantially revised and is now published under the Longman imprint for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'Set to become the new student text xxx; Here is a historian whose knowledge of English policing history over the whole of the period is second to none.'\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Criminology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Policing before the police \u003cbr\u003e2. The coming of the police \u003cbr\u003e3. A police for Victorian England \u003cbr\u003e4. Policing in Victorian England \u003cbr\u003e5. Professionalisation, politics and public order \u003cbr\u003e6. War, mutiny and peace \u003cbr\u003e7. Policing mid-twentieth century England \u003cbr\u003e8. Local bobby or state lackey? \u003cbr\u003e9. A life in the force \u003cbr\u003e10. The policeman as a worker\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Constabulary, Gendarmerie and Haute Police\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliographical note\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51455987810647,"sku":"9780582257689","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780582257689.jpg?v=1755033335","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-english-police-a-political-and-social-history-9780582257689","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}