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Beerhouses, brothels and bobbies: Policing by consent in Huddersfield and the Huddersfield district in the mid-nineteenth century

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David Taylor
2016
Published by: University of Huddersfield Press
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Professor David Taylor has established a fine reputation for his books and articles on the history of policing in England. This new book on Huddersfield policing looks at the mid-nineteenth century and issues facing the local area in relation to policing a centre of West Riding textile production.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Title Page

pp. i

Copyright

pp. ii

Dedication

pp. iii-iv

Contents

pp. v-vi

Acknowledgements

pp. vii-viii

Tables

pp. ix-x

Maps and Illustrations

pp. xi

Abbreviations

pp. xii

Chapter 1. Introduction: Themes, Sources and Context

pp. 1-12

Part One. Huddersfield

pp. 13-14

Chapter 2. The Development of the Huddersfield Borough Police Force: Continuity and Change

pp. 15-48

Chapter 3. The Watch Committee, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and the Management of the Huddersfield Police Force

pp. 49-76

Chapter 4. The Men of the Borough Force

pp. 77-106

Chapter 5. Beats and Streets

pp. 107-132

Chapter 6. Criminals or Victims?

pp. 133-156

Part Two. The Huddersfield District (Upper Agbrigg)

pp. 157-158

Chapter 7. Thomas Heaton and the Superintending Constable System

pp. 159-180

Chapter 8. The Early Years of the West Riding County Constabulary

pp. 181-208

Chapter 9. Trouble in Honley and Holmfirth

pp. 209-232

Chapter 10. Crime, Custom and Culture

pp. 233-262

Chapter 11. Conclusions and the Contentious Question of ‘Policing by Consent’

pp. 263-286

Author Biography

pp. 287-288

Index

pp. 289-302

Image Plates

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