Police in the Age of Improvement: Police Development and the Civic Tradition in Scotland, 1775-1865

Police in the Age of Improvement: Police Development and the Civic Tradition in Scotland, 1775-1865
ISBN-10
1843922665
ISBN-13
9781843922667
Category
Police
Pages
307
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Author
David Barrie

Description

This new work moves beyond many of the 'problem-response' interpretations which have preoccupied many police historians, and locates reform within the wider contexts of urban improvement, municipal administration and Scottish Enlightenment thought.

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