Square Mile Bobbies

Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750953403
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Square Mile Bobbies written by Stephen Wade and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-03-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Square Mile Bobbies is a history and casebook of the City of London Police between 1839, when the force was first established after general recognition that London was not being policed effectively, and the Second World War. During this time the City Police were involved in a succession of major cases, from the attempted assassination of the Rothschilds in 1862 and detective's pursuit of forgers in 1873, to Jack the Ripper's brutal killing of Catherine Eddowes in 1888 and the notorious siege of Sidney Street in 1911.

Author : Gregory J. Durston
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 144384344X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burglars and Bobbies written by Gregory J. Durston and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early decades of the nineteenth century witnessed an apparent deterioration in public order and security in the London area. This continued to worsen until the middle of the century. During this period, the Metropolitan Police was established, ostensibly transforming policing in the capital. By the 1860s, crime seemed to be falling rapidly and continued to do so until the end of the century, so that it was no longer normally a subject that occasioned acute political concern. This book examines the reality of crime levels within the Metropolis, the extent to which they differed from public perception, and the manner in which they changed over time. It considers how the police might have had an impact on public security after 1829, the use of the ‘broken windows’ paradigm for crime control in an historical context, and the extent to which the police can take credit for the post-1860 improvement in offending levels and order. However, it also discusses other factors, both economic and social, that might explain these developments. At the same time, the book charts the general history and development of urban policing in London during the nineteenth century, the complicated and sometimes competing mixture of political and financial concerns, operational priorities, public and ‘expert’ opinion that it reflected, and the controversies that it engendered. In particular, it discusses the ‘traditional’ form of policing that was replaced in 1829, and why this occurred; the importance of foot patrol to the new force, with its strengths and weaknesses; the re-emergence of detective policing; and the legal powers and judicial support available to officers in the capital. Very importantly, this study also considers the problems thrown up by the new style of policing, its potential for abuse, and the public resistance that this sometimes encouraged.

Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750952423
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hanged at Lincoln written by Stephen Wade and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intriguing book gathers together the stories of 120 criminals hanged at both Lincoln Castle Prison and HMP Lincoln on Greetwell Road between 1203 and 1961. The condemned featured here range from coiners and forgers, to thieves, highwamen and poisoners. Among those executed at Lincoln were Richard Insole, hanged in 1887 for murdering his wife; child killer Frederick Nodder, hanged in 1937; and Herbert Leonard Mills, who failed to commit the perfect murder and was hanged in 1951 by Albert Pierrepoint. Fully illustrated with photographs, drawings, news cuttings and documents, Hanged at Lincoln will appeal to everyone interested in the shadier side of Lincoln's history.

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Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Author : Amy Bell
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847799744
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder Capital written by Amy Bell and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder Capital is a historical study of unexpected deaths whose circumstances required official investigation in mid-twentieth-century London. Suspicious deaths – murders in the family and by strangers, infanticides and deaths from illegal abortions – reveal moments of personal and communal crisis in the social fabric of the city. The intimate details of these crimes revealed in police investigation files, newspaper reports and crime scene photographs hint at the fears and desires of people in London before, during and after the profound changes brought by the dislocations of the Second World War. By setting the institutional ordering of the city against the hidden intimate spaces where crimes occurred and were discovered, the book presents a new popular history of the city, in which urban space circumscribed the investigation, classification and public perceptions of crime.

Author : Michael J. Waldren
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752496182
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Armed Police written by Michael J. Waldren and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2007-02-22 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 7 July 2005, just before 9 am, explosive devices detonated on London Underground trains at Liverpool Street, Edgware Road and Kings Cross stations and on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square. Fifty-six people were killed and over 700 injured. Suicide bombing had come to Britain. Two weeks later, the capital's commuters narrowly missed disaster when four more devices failed to explode. Security in London was increased to unprecedented levels as Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair said his force faced 'its largest operational challenge since the war'. Heavily armed police officers patrolling the streets became a regular feature of television news programmes, leaving an enduring impression that unarmed policing in Britain had gone forever and with it the kindly image of the archetypal British bobby. Controversy rages over the increased use of firearms because in the public mind, the hallmark of British security has always been unarmed policing. Now, for the first time, former Head of the Metropolitan Police Firearms Unit, Mike Waldren, gives his insider account of the changes in Britain's policing, spanning over half a century and including many examples of extraordinary heroism, tragedy, controversy, comedy, intrigue and occasional farce.

Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher : Straightforward co Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781847161260
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing True Crime written by Stephen Wade and published by Straightforward co Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Wade introduces the aspiring crime writer to the skills needed to write true crime and crime history. The chapters cover everything from finding a subject, working on a creative treatment and researching in libraries and archives.

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Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bobby Jones Expressway Extension, US-1 to Savannah River, Augusta written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752484257
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincolnshire Murders written by Stephen Wade and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The murder cases in this book are a mixture of classic narratives of jealousy, elimination and passion, now retold from new perspectives and with more research. The author also includes some little-known mysteries: three unsolved homicides from across the county, including the killing of the 'Barton recluse' and the enigmatic death of a young farmer in Gedney in which the dead man's dog appeared in court. In this chronicle of violent deaths and courtroom struggles the reader will find a new slant on some of the principal cases, with plenty of social and legal history added to enrich the stories. Lincolnshire Murders is a powerful and fascinating reappraisal of some of the most brutal and gruesome killings in the county's history.

Author : Neil R. A. Bell
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445647877
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The A-Z of Victorian Crime written by Neil R. A. Bell and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new definitive guide to Victorian crime.