Leading the police: a history of chief constables, 1835-2017
Introduction -- Early chief constables -- "A fit man to be at the head of the police" : police superintendents and watch committees in the first generation of "new policing" : a Yorkshire perspective, c.1850-1870 / David Taylor -- The best chief constable in the kingdom? : recrui...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York
Routledge
2018
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Routledge SOLON explorations in crime and criminal justice histories (9)
Year: 2018 |
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| Summary: | Introduction -- Early chief constables -- "A fit man to be at the head of the police" : police superintendents and watch committees in the first generation of "new policing" : a Yorkshire perspective, c.1850-1870 / David Taylor -- The best chief constable in the kingdom? : recruitment and retention problems in an early English county constabulary / David J. Cox -- Early chief constables in Scotland : policing the city and the county / David Smale -- The Irish inspectors general, 1838-1916 : leading Dublin castle's constabulary "machine" / Elizabeth Malcolm -- Chief constables and their forces -- Chief constables as "moral heroes" and guardians of public morality / Kim Stevenson -- "A nonconformist must be chief constable" : the historical challenges of policing in rural Wales / Richard W. Ireland -- "The best police officer in the force" : chief constables and their men, 1900-1939 / Joanne Klein -- "A nice old boy" : characterizing the chief constable role in detective fiction c.1890-1960 / Judith Rowbotham -- What the met brought to the party : reinforcement, colonization, specialization and fusion / Robert M. Morris -- Chief constables and public order : tensions between discretion and consistency / Iain Channing Section 3: Twentieth Century Chief Constables -- Pioneering women police chiefs : a tale of conflict and cooperation / Marisa Silvestri -- Leading through conflict and change : chief constables in Northern Ireland / Joanne Murphy -- "Seirbheis phoilis na h-alba" police Scotland : the rationalization of chief constables / Gareth Addidle -- Chief constables after pace 1985-2016 : the decline of a professional elite / Timothy Brain -- Conclusion |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xv, 278 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781138217249 |