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Provincial Police Reform in Early Victorian England: Cambridge, 1835-1856
This original study of the "New Police" in Cambridge provides a more nuanced picture of policing in early-Victorian England than traditional Whig and early revisionist Marxist interpretations implied and will support undergraduate courses in Victorian local, social and criminal justice history.
| Author(s) | By Roger Swift (University of Chester, UK). |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 170 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 9 Jan 2023 |
| Availability | Not yet available |
This original study of the "New Police" in Cambridge provides a more nuanced picture of policing in early-Victorian England than traditional Whig and early revisionist Marxist interpretations implied and will support undergraduate courses in Victorian local, social and criminal justice history.
Introduction 1 1 Cambridge: The Unreformed System 18 2 The Problem of Crime 29 3 The Process of Police Reform (I): Establishing the 'New Police', 1836-47 42 4 The Process of Police Reform (II): Consolidation and Incorporation, 1848-56 71 5
Roger Swift is Emeritus Professor of Victorian Studies at the University of Chester and has held visiting research fellowships at the Universities of York, Liverpool, Keele and Cambridge.
