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Police Control Systems in Britain, 1775-1975 - From Parish Constable to National Computer (Hardcover)
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Police Control Systems in Britain, 1775-1975 - From Parish Constable to National Computer (Hardcover)
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During the last two centuries, the job of policing in Britain has
been transformed several times. This book analyses the ways that
police institutions have controlled the individual constable on the
'front line'. The eighteenth-century constable was an independent
artisan: his successor in the Metropolitan Police and other 'new'
forces was ferociously disciplined and closely monitored. Police
have been controlled by a variety of different practices, ranging
from direct day-to-day input from 'the community', through
bureaucratic systems built around exacting codes of rules, to the
real-time control of officers via radio, and latterly the use of
centralised computer systems to deliver key information. Police
forces became pioneers in the adoption of many technologies -
including telegraphs, telephones, office equipment, radio and
computers - and this book explains why and how this happened,
considering the role of national security in the adoption of many
of these innovations. It will be of use to a range of disciplines,
including history, criminology, and science and technology studies.
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