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Policing the Victorian Town

The Development of the Police in Middlesborough, c.1840-1914

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  1. David Taylor

    1. University of Huddersfield, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Urban Growth, Social Order and Policing

    • David Taylor
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Birth of the ‘Infant Hercules’: Urban and Industrial Growth in Middlesbrough, c. 1840 to the 1870s

    • David Taylor
    Pages 14-24

  4. The New Police in Middlesbrough: From the 1841 Improvement Act to the Early Years of the 1856 County and Borough Police Act

    • David Taylor
    Pages 25-51

  5. The British Ballarat? Crime in Middlesbrough, c. 1840–70

    • David Taylor
    Pages 52-77

  6. The Police and the Public c.1840–70: The Limits of Policing by Consent

    • David Taylor
    Pages 78-99

  7. The Years of Maturation: Urban and Industrial Growth, c. 1870–1914

    • David Taylor
    Pages 100-111

  8. Expansion and Professionalisation: The Middlesbrough Police, c. 1870–1914

    • David Taylor
    Pages 112-141

  9. The Police and Crime in Middlesbrough after 1870

    • David Taylor
    Pages 142-170

  10. The Police and the Public from the 1870s to 1914

    • David Taylor
    Pages 171-184

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 185-237
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About this book

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.

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'His book is well researched and well argued, adding significant detail to our knowledge and understanding of the issues.' - Clive Emsley, H-Urban, H-Net Reviews

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Huddersfield, UK

    David Taylor

About the author

DAVID TAYLOR is Dean of the School of Music and Humanities at the University of Huddersfield. He is the author of The New Place in Nineteenth-Century England, and Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1750-1914.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Policing the Victorian Town

  • Book Subtitle: The Development of the Police in Middlesborough, c.1840-1914

  • Authors: David Taylor

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230535817

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-65239-8Published: 23 July 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-39673-3Published: 01 January 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-53581-7Published: 23 July 2002

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 237

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Modern History

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