The Best Police in the World - An Oral History of English Policing from the 1930s to the 1960s (Hardcover, New Ed)

Based on interviews with former police officers, this book addresses two main issues. Firstly, the question of how the police themselves viewed the priorities of the job and what they considered their role to be. This is the first study to consider this question and its implications for the style and content of police work. Secondly, it challenges the view of the prewar period as a "Golden Age", and shows that policing from the 1930s to the 1960s was not as unproblematic as has often been assumed. Police violence and the fabrication of evidence were more prevalent than the cosy image of the British TV series Dixon of Dock Green would have us believe. The fact that this image often went unchallenged has much to do with prevailing concepts of masculinity and with the greater moral certitude of the police within a more stable and stratified society.

General

Imprint:	Scolar Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	Barbara Weinberger
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-85928-223-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Emergency services > Police & security services Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-85928-223-7
Barcode:	9781859282236

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