Local initiative, central oversight, provincial perspective
Governing police forces in nineteenth-century Leeds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4556953 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Churchill (0000-0001-6930-2021, University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 241 |
| Pages | 458-481 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2281.12090 |
| OpenAlex | W1909731739 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 52 |
This article examines police administration as a branch of urban government, based on a case study of Leeds between 1815 and 1900. Making extensive use of local government and police records, it takes a longer-term view of ‘reform’ than most existing studies, and privileges the more routine aspects of everyday governance. It thus provides an original exploration of central-local government relations, as well as conflict and negotiation between distinct bodies of self-government within the locality. Previous studies have rightly emphasized that urban police governance was primarily a local responsibility, yet this article also stresses the influence of central state oversight and an extra-local, provincial perspective, both of which modified the grip of localism on nineteenth-century government
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |