Title Policing morals : the Metropolitan Police and the Home Office, 1870-1914 / Stefan Petrow

Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994

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Description xiii, 343 pages ; 22 cm Contents Pt. I : Introduction -- Prologue -- 1. Liberty and morality -- 2. The Home Office, the law, and the Metropolitan Police -- Pt. II : 'A serious danger to society' : habitual criminals -- Introduction to Part II -- 3. Supervision -- 4. Identification and elimination -- Pt. III : 'The great social evil' : prostitution -- Introduction to part III -- 5. On the streets -- 6. The business of vice -- Pt. IV : 'The crowning curse' : drunkenness -- Introduction to Part IV -- 7. The sellers -- 8. The drinkers -- Pt. V : 'A grave national concern' : betting -- Introduction to Part V -- 9. Powerful interests -- 10. Class legislation -- Conclusion -- Appendix : Leading personnel Analysis London (England) Police History Notes Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Cambridge Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Cambridge Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [304]-330 and index Subject Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office. Metropolitan Police Police -- England -- London -- History. Social reformers -- England -- London -- History. SUBJECT London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078210 London (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005665 -- Moral conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006096 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 London (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005665 -- Moral conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006096 LC no. 93028452 ISBN 0198201656

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