
Police control systems in Britain, 1775-1975
During the last two centuries, the job of policing in Britain has been transformed several times. This book analyses the ways that police institutions have controlled the individual constable on the ''front line''. The eighteenth-century constable was an independent artisan: his successor in the Metropolitan Police and other ''new'' forces was ferociously disciplined and closely monitored. Police ...
During the last two centuries, the job of policing in Britain has been transformed several times. This book analyses the ways that police institutions have controlled the individual constable on the ''front line''. The eighteenth-century constable was an independent artisan: his successor in the Metropolitan Police and other ''new'' forces was ferociously disciplined and closely monitored. Police ...