Download or read book Police in the Age of Improvement written by David Barrie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth analysis of the economic, social, intellectual and political factors that shaped police reform, development and policy in Scottish burghs during the 'Age of Improvement'. In doing so, it moves beyond many of the 'problem-response' interpretations which have preoccupied many police historians, and locates reform within the wider contexts of urban improvement, municipal administration and Scottish Enlightenment thought.