Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
Describe Law and Order in the Late 19th Century
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Tue Aug 26 2003
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
1. Describe Law and Order in the Late 19th Century In the 19th century the main aim of the Metropolitan police was to deter criminals from committing crime rather than actually solving it. However the police force did have to deal with many cases of drunkenness and petty theft, which were common in 19th century London. As well as dealing with the common crimes, the police also got involved in controlling public demonstrations. They often used batons to control the crowd and soon got a reputation for being heavy handed, after a baton charge at a demonstration in Bromley in 1868, resulted in a seventy-eight year old man being trampled to death. Many people saw the police as Defenders of order. However many people from working class background saw the police in a bad light (police frequently went on the beat armed with cutlasses.) In fact the rates of attacks on police...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 146,186 others
Receive email updates for this category
- Simply tell us your email address and receive a weekly Study Help Email for FREE
- Receive 3 FREE essay views with each email
- Get all the latest essays from Coursework.Info & discussion from TheStudentRoom.co.uk
