Provincial Police Reform in Early Victorian England
Cambridge, 1835–1856
Seiten
2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-68869-1 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-68869-1 (ISBN)
This original study of the "New Police" in Cambridge provides a more nuanced picture of policing in early-Victorian England than traditional Whig and early revisionist Marxist interpretations implied and will support undergraduate courses in Victorian local, social and criminal justice history.
The establishment of ‘new police’ forces in early Victorian England has long attracted historical enquiry and debate, albeit with a general focus on London and the urban-industrial communities of the Midlands and the North. This original study contributes to the debate by examining the nature and process of police reform, the changing relationship between the police and the public, and their impact on crime in Cambridge, a medium-sized county town with a rural hinterland. It argues that the experience of Cambridge was unique, for the Corporation shared co-jurisdiction of policing arrangements with the University, and this fractious relationship, as well as political rivalries between Liberals and Tories, impeded the reform process, although the force was certified efficient in 1856. Case studies of the careers of individual policemen and of the crimes and criminals they encountered shed additional light on the darker side of life in early Victorian Cambridge and present a different and more nuanced picture of provincial police reform during a seminal period in police history than either the traditional Whig or early revisionist Marxist interpretations implied. As such, it will support undergraduate courses in local, social, and criminal justice history during the Victorian period.
The establishment of ‘new police’ forces in early Victorian England has long attracted historical enquiry and debate, albeit with a general focus on London and the urban-industrial communities of the Midlands and the North. This original study contributes to the debate by examining the nature and process of police reform, the changing relationship between the police and the public, and their impact on crime in Cambridge, a medium-sized county town with a rural hinterland. It argues that the experience of Cambridge was unique, for the Corporation shared co-jurisdiction of policing arrangements with the University, and this fractious relationship, as well as political rivalries between Liberals and Tories, impeded the reform process, although the force was certified efficient in 1856. Case studies of the careers of individual policemen and of the crimes and criminals they encountered shed additional light on the darker side of life in early Victorian Cambridge and present a different and more nuanced picture of provincial police reform during a seminal period in police history than either the traditional Whig or early revisionist Marxist interpretations implied. As such, it will support undergraduate courses in local, social, and criminal justice history during the Victorian period.
Roger Swift is Emeritus Professor of Victorian Studies at the University of Chester and has held visiting research fellowships at the Universities of York, Liverpool, Keele and Cambridge.
Introduction 1
1 Cambridge: The Unreformed System 18
2 The Problem of Crime 29
3 The Process of Police Reform (I): Establishing the ‘New Police’, 1836–47 42
4 The Process of Police Reform (II): Consolidation and Incorporation, 1848–56 71
5 The Policeman’s Lot 87
6 The Police and Crime 103
7 The Police and the Criminals 124
8 The Police and the Public 138
Conclusion 152
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.04.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Studies in Modern British History |
| Zusatzinfo | 18 Tables, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 490 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-367-68869-7 / 0367688697 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-68869-1 / 9780367688691 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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