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Policing: A short history (Policing and Society)
Philip Rawlings
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Description for Policing: A short history (Policing and Society)
Paperback. This title concentrates on the broad patterns of policing. It asks questions such as: how was there a shift from communal responsibility to policing? and: what has been expected of the public and vice versa? It should be of interest to any one concerned with the history of policing. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; JKSW1; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
This book provides an overview of the history of policing in the UK. Its primary aim is to investigate the shifting nature of policing over time, and to provide a historical foundation to today's debates. Policing: a short history moves away from a focus on the origins of the 'new police', and concentrates rather on broader (but much neglected) patterns of policing. How was there a shift from communal responsibility to policing? What has been expected of the police by the public and vice versa? How have the police come to dominate modern thinking on policing? The book shows how ... Read more
This book provides an overview of the history of policing in the UK. Its primary aim is to investigate the shifting nature of policing over time, and to provide a historical foundation to today's debates. Policing: a short history moves away from a focus on the origins of the 'new police', and concentrates rather on broader (but much neglected) patterns of policing. How was there a shift from communal responsibility to policing? What has been expected of the police by the public and vice versa? How have the police come to dominate modern thinking on policing? The book shows how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Willan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Cullompton, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903240267
SKU
V9781903240267
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-4
About Philip Rawlings
Philip Rawlings is Professor of the Law of Finance, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Commercial Law at University College London.
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