Barrie David G., Police in the Age of Improvement : Police development and the civic tradition in Scotland, 1775-1865

Scotland has long exercised a brooding off-stage presence in the evolution of the police institutions of the British Isles. England and Wales, as a coherent and relatively uniform administrative unit, have received the majority of the attention devoted to describing the history of the new police. I...

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Huvudupphovsman: Williams, Chris A.
Materialtyp: Article ou chapitre numérique
Språk:Anglais
Publicerad: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 2013
Länkar:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sammanfattning:Scotland has long exercised a brooding off-stage presence in the evolution of the police institutions of the British Isles. England and Wales, as a coherent and relatively uniform administrative unit, have received the majority of the attention devoted to describing the history of the new police. In recent years, though, enough research has been done on Scotland for it to be possible to write this important book. Much of this has been done by David Barrie, and he had made an excellent job of...