Police control systems in Britain, 1775-1975 : From parish constable to national computer /

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During the last two centuries, the job of policing in Britain has been transformed several times. This book analyses the ways that police institutions have controlled the individual constable on the 'front line'. The eighteenth-century constable was an independent artisan: his successor in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Chris A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York [New York] : Manchester University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Police > Technological innovations > Great Britain.
Police administration > Great Britain > History.
Police > Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. The 'old' police, 1780-1840
  • 2. The proletarianisation of police labour, 1800-1860
  • 3. Drilled bodies and zealous minds, 1820-1890
  • 4. Time, bureaucracy and the new policeman, 1830-1930
  • 5. Real-time communication, 1848-1945
  • 6. The arrival of the control room, 1919-1975
  • 7. Computerising the back office, 1955-1980
  • 8. Conclusion.

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