Policing Western Europe: Politics, Professionalism, and Public Order, 1850-1940

by Clive Emsley

This collection of essays examines the growth of professionalization in national police forces in England, France, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands. The period covered begins at the point where police forces had been established on some sort of a national scale. The essays are concerned with perceptions of both rulers and ruled, and perceptions of the role and function of the police in established industrial and urbanized societies. They also...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313282196
• ISBN13: 9780313282195
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.7"