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Policing in England and Wales, 1918-39

The Fed, Flying Squads and Forensics

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Authors:
  1. Keith Laybourn

    1. University of Huddersfield, UK

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  2. David Taylor

    1. University of Huddersfield, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Keith Laybourn, David Taylor
      Pages 1-9

  3. The Problem of Public Order and the Professionalisation of the Police

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-12
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    2. Police Trade Unionism and the Federation

      • Keith Laybourn, David Taylor
      Pages 13-48

    3. Policing Public Order in the Inter-war Years

      • Keith Laybourn, David Taylor
      Pages 49-80

    4. Detective and Scientific Work: A New Vista

      • Keith Laybourn, David Taylor
      Pages 81-104

  4. The Prophecy of Nahum: Motor Vehicles, the Police and the Public in Inter-war Britain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-106
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    2. ‘A Mere Traffic Signalling Device’? The Debate on Policing and Traffic Control

      • Keith Laybourn, David Taylor
      Pages 107-134

    3. The Police and the Practicalities of Traffic Management

      • Keith Laybourn, David Taylor
      Pages 135-150

    4. Motoring Offences and the Enforcement of the Law

      • Keith Laybourn, David Taylor
      Pages 151-185

    5. Cars, Crime and Coppers: Combating the ‘Smash and Grab’ Raider

      • Keith Laybourn, David Taylor
      Pages 186-207

    6. Conclusion

      • Keith Laybourn, David Taylor
      Pages 208-210

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 211-256
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About this book

An examination of the modernization of the English and Welsh police during the interwar years, focusing upon the increasing professionalization of the police, the Federation, forensic work and the growth of traffic policing. The authors challenge the established viewpoint by arguing that this period saw significant changes in policing.

Reviews

'Laybourn and Taylor's well-written, well-organized account convincingly shows that this was a key period in the development of the modern police'

- P.C. Kennedy, York College of Pennsylvania

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Huddersfield, UK

    Keith Laybourn, David Taylor

About the authors

KEITH LAYBOURN Professor of History at the University of Huddersfield, UK. His main interests are in British Labour history, British social policy, the history of gambling, and the history of policing. He has written and edited more than forty books and numerous articles including Britain's First Labour Government (2006) with John Shepherd, and Britain on the Breadline (1991).
 
DAVID TAYLOR Emeritus Professor of the School of Music, Humanities and Media at the University of Huddersfield. He is the author Hooligans, Harlots and Hangmen (2010) and Policing the Victorian Town: The Development of Policing in Middlesbrough c. 1840-1914 (2002)

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Policing in England and Wales, 1918-39

  • Book Subtitle: The Fed, Flying Squads and Forensics

  • Authors: Keith Laybourn, David Taylor

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230305984

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

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

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-23245-7Published: 05 April 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-31275-7Published: 01 January 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-30598-4Published: 05 April 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 256

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Cultural History, Political History, Modern History

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