NCJ Number
16984
Date Published
1901
Length
447 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK TRACES THE HISTORY OF THE POLICE IN ENGLAND FROM ANGLO-SAXON AND NORMAN TIMES, AND THROUGH THE TUDOR AND STUART PERIODS TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
Abstract
IT RECORDS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE PARISH-CONSTABLE SYSTEM AND, FROM THEIR OWN WRITINGS, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FIELDINGS AND COLQUHOUN. IT DESCRIBES THE PROLONGED INABILITY OF AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE LAWS; ITS HELPLESSNESS AND THE PEOPLE'S SUFFERINGS IN FACE OF THE CONSEQUENCES; THE POLICE REMEDY WHICH WAS SUGGESTED; AND THE FIERCE OPPOSITION WHICH THIS ENCOUNTERED, CAUSING LONG DELAY IN ITS ADOPTION. THE STORY CONTINUES THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW POLICE, AND THE TRIALS AND DIFFICULTIES OF ROWAN AND MAYNE, TO A CONCLUSION WHICH IS A BRIEF BUT INSPIRING DESCRIPTION OF THE POLICE INSTITUTION AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)