Police in the Age of Improvement

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The study of police history in Scotland has largely been neglected. Little is known about the Scottish police's origins, development, and character despite growing interest in the machinery of law enforcement in other parts of the United Kingdom. Based on extensive research, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the economic, social, and political factors that shaped police reform, development, and policy in Scottish burghs and surrounding counties. The key questions addressed include: --- How was social control exercised in Georgian society and why was it increasingly deemed to be ineffective by the early 19th century? --- Why, and in what ways, did the pattern, nature, and origins of police development in Scotland differ from elsewhere in the United Kingdom? --- What was the relationship between police development and urban growth? --- Who were the police commissioners and what were their concerns and priorities?