Policing the Victorian Town
Subtitle: The Development of the Police in Middlesbrough c. 1840-1914
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 11, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780333652398
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Crime & criminology; Police & security services; Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; History; History - General History; History: World; North & North East England; Yorkshire; Europe - Great Britain - General; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; History / General; General; 19th century; 20th century; England; Middlesbrough; Middlesbrough (England); Police
Description: "The book provides the first detailed account of a provincial urban police force over a period of 70 years from its inception, at a time when the fast-growing Middlesbrough had a reputation as a violent frontier town (more akin to the American West or gold-rush Australia), to the immediate pre-war years, when the force had acquired experience and maturity and contributed significantly to the creation of a largely law-abiding and policed society.

Particular emphasis is placed on the experiences of all ranks of policemen, the changing nature of crime in the town and (most importantly) on the evolution of a working relationships between the police and the wider, policed, community."--BOOK JACKET.