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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

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

Community policing has often been promoted, particularly in liberal democratic societies, as the best approach to align police services with the principles of g

The book looks at the development of policing in a town noted for its high levels of crime. Through a detailed study of policing and police work over the period

The history of modern crime control is usually presented as a narrative of how the state wrested control over the governance of crime from the civilian public.