Policing the Victorian Town
The Development of the Police in Middlesbrough c. 1840–1914
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Introduction
The book looks at the development of policing in a town noted for its high levels of crime. Through a detailed study of policing and police work over the period c. 1840-1914 it shows how the turbulent community of the early Victorian years was turned into a policed society by the end of the century.
Keywords
1870 crime expansion growth police society Victorian era
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230535817
- Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2002
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
- eBook Packages Palgrave History Collection
- Print ISBN 978-1-349-39673-3
- Online ISBN 978-0-230-53581-7
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