Policing: A Short History

by Philip Rawlings

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903240263
• ISBN13: 9781903240267
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK)
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"