A History of Policing Cities

Author:   Anastasia Dukova (University of Tasmania)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   90
Publication Date:   14 May 2026
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A History of Policing Cities


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Current policing practices directly continue from historical methods. City policing in the Global North emerged as a response to unrest and subsistence crises during the late stage of the Little Ice Age, namely across two capital cities, Dublin and later London. From the mid-1700s, poor harvests and food rioting precipitated a series of policing reforms in the Irish Parliament. In the 1800s, further weather fluxes and unrest, combined with shifts in interpretation of social obligation - all linked to increasing urban population and its mobility – led to a series of new police reforms in Great Britain, soon reaching its former and current dominions. The expanding urban centres from Ireland to Australia, and England to North America, shared founding principles, structures, regulations and personnel. Despite modernisation and innovations in operational policing, law enforcement continues to face similar challenges in an increasingly globalising world, partly due to persistent adherence to historical antecedents.

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Author:   Anastasia Dukova (University of Tasmania)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Weight:   0.145kg
ISBN:  

9781009055079


ISBN 10:   1009055070
Pages:   90
Publication Date:   14 May 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Day police and the little ice age; 2. Day police and the little ice age; 3. Prevention: policing the streets; 4. Detection: professionalisation of police work; 5. Conclusion.

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