The establishment of ‘new police’ forces in early Victorian England has long attracted historical enquiry and debate, albeit with a general focus on London
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-cla
One of the most profound social changes in the 19th century was the transition to a policed society, with a professional police force. This study of the parish
Focusing on the evolution of a policed society in 19th century England by examining the arguments surrounding police reforms and the popular response to the pol