Press, Politics and the ‘Police and Public’ Debates in Late 1920s Britain
This article considers a series of scandals centred on London’s Metropolitan Police between 1927 and 1929. Although based on various issues – such as accusations of perjured testimony, harsh interrogation methods and corruption – these overlapping events added up to a serious crisis in what was comm...
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| Dans: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2013
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | This article considers a series of scandals centred on London’s Metropolitan Police between 1927 and 1929. Although based on various issues – such as accusations of perjured testimony, harsh interrogation methods and corruption – these overlapping events added up to a serious crisis in what was commonly argued to be the ‘best police in the world’. There was a significant element of party politics in the ‘police and public’ debates. The Labour Party in particular used the scandals to attack the Conservative government and push for in-depth inquiries and reforms ; however, discontent with policing was also apparent in the Tory-leaning press. Nevertheless, ultimately politics had little concrete impact on the procedural framework of policing. |
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