RT Book T1 Leading the police: a history of chief constables, 1835-2017 T2 Routledge SOLON explorations in crime and criminal justice histories JF Routledge SOLON explorations in crime and criminal justice histories A2 Stevenson, Kim LA English PP London New York PB Routledge YR 2018 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1629760706 AB 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 NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN HV7911.A1 SN 9781138217249 K1 Police chiefs : Great Britain K1 Police : History : Great Britain K1 Criminal justice, Administration of : History : Great Britain