Policing the Victorian Community: The Formation of English Provincial Police For

by Carolyn Steedman

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Policing the Victorian Community by Carolyn Steedman Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description By tracing the evolution of a policed society through the agency of local police forces, the book, first published in 1984, illustrates the ways in which a society, at many levels and from many perspectives, understood itself to operate, and the ways in which ownership, servitude, obligation, and the reciprocality of social relations. Publisher Description The year 1856 saw the first compulsory Police Act in England (and Wales). Over the next thirty years a class society came to be policed by a largely working-class police. This book, first published in 1984, traces the process by which men made themselves into policemen, translating ideas about work and servitude, about local government and local community, servitude and the ideologies of law and central government, into sets of personal beliefs. By tracing the evolution of a policed society through the agency of local police forces, the book illustrates the ways in which a society, at many levels and from many perspectives, understood itself to operate, and the ways in which ownership, servitude, obligation, and the reciprocality of social relations manifested themselves in different communities. This title will be of interest to students of criminology and history. Details ISBN 113894372X ISBN-13 9781138943728 Title Policing the Victorian Community Author Carolyn Steedman Format Hardco

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2015
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781138943728
• Condition: Fine

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