Policing morals the Metropolitan Police and the Home Office, 1870-1914 Petrow, Stefan. creator text bibliography Electronic books. History enk Oxford New York Clarendon Press Oxford University Press 1994 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xiii, 343 pages) A study of the Metropolitan Police from 1870-1914, when it became a modern professional police force. The author focuses on what moral reformers claimed were serious threats to social order in late-Victorian and Edwardian London, and examines the force's policing of these contentious areas. Pt. I. Introduction. 1. Liberty and Morality. 2. The Home Office, the Law; and the Metropolitan Police -- Pt. II. 'A Serious Danger to Society': Habitual Criminals. 3. Supervision. 4. Identification and Elimination -- Pt. III. 'The Great Social Evil': Prostitution. 5. On the Streets. 6. The Business of Vice -- Pt. IV. 'The Crowning Curse': Drunkenness. 7. The Sellers. 8. The Drinkers -- Pt. V. 'A Grave National Concern': Betting. 9. Powerful Interests. 10. Class Legislation -- Appendix: Leading Personnel. Stefan Petrow. Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-330 and index. English. e-uk-en Großbritannien Innenministerium Police England London History London (England) Moral conditions Social reformers England London History London (England) History 1800-1950 Réformateurs sociaux Angleterre Londres Histoire Londres (Angleterre) Histoire 1800-1950 Moral conditions Police Social reformers England London Sozialreform Polizei London Politie Overheidsbeleid 1800-1950 fast Geschichte 1870-1914. swd Police History London (England) HV8196.L6 P48 1994 363.2/09421 88.17 7,25 NR 8640 Policing morals Petrow, Stefan. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994 (DLC) 93028452 (OCoLC)28634675 9780191674976 0191674974 0198201656 9780198201656 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/26352 OCLCE 100802 20260318180429.6 in00005705782 eng