Volume 31 of the Journal of the Police History Society

The Murder of the 'Town Sergeant' - Len Woodley The Ash Vale Murder Case - Richard Ford Bow Street in the Black Country - David Cox The Murder of Mr Solomon - David Spector Kent Mounted Constabulary, 1912 The Enigma of Richard Gorges - Brian Taylor The Cardboard Van - Malcolm Commander The Forgotten Laws of History - Keith Webb The Death of a Policeman - W. H. Johnson The "Petrol Derby" - Chris Forester

The 32nd volume of the Journal of the Police History Society: Exploring British Policing during the Second World War by Clive Emsley A Police Officer and a Gentleman by Clive Emsley Chief Constable Thomas Oliver by Gill Whitehouse The Post War Reconstruction of Police in Germany by Tim Wright The Life and Times of Police Sergeant John Knowles by Paul Dixon "A Somewhat Serious Accident" by John Thorncroft The Race Course Police by Jeff Cowdell and Peter Kennison The Murder of Huddersfield's Head Constable by Colin Jackson Bagnigge Wells Police Station and the "Fantastic PC Fox" by Fred Feather Gladys Irene Howard (1916 - 2017): A Portsmouth Police Pioneer by Clifford Williams Light Duties or Ebenezer Scrooge and the Cheshire Hoard by Elvyn Oakes Thomas Bottomley: Probably Bradford's Longest-serving Victorian Police Constable by Gaynor Haliday The Murder of Constable John Long of the New Police in 1830 by Martin Baggoley The Cousins who became Chief Constables by Tony Moore The Teapot and Police Constable 107 William Lawrence by Mick Shaw From Imprisonment to Patrol: The Role of Some Suffragettes in the Development of Women Policing by Clifford Williams Who Killed John Bunker? A Suspicious Death in Rural Devonshire in 1851 by John Bunker The Policeman and The Sheep Stealers: Police Constable 273 Robert Walker, West Riding Constabulary by Colin Jackson The Llangibby Massacre by Jan Bondeson

New Light on the Wallace Case - Jenny Ward The Little Leighs Body Snatchers - Peter Durr, MA The Death of a Detective - Patrick W Anderson Unit Beat Policing - Dr Colin Rogers The Metropolitan Police Removal Service - Tony West A Butcher of Ampthill - Fred Feather Murders with a Touch of Class - Roger Hamilton Colonial Police Forces: Theory and Practice - Joshua Blum 'A Man of Most Excellent Character' - Len Woodley Inspector Donaldson - Chris Forester Book Reviews: The Black Widows of Liverpool by Angela Brabin Police Gallantry by J. Peter Farmery

THE INSPECTOR - By George Hallam THE 'B' SPECIALS - Peter Williams FASTEN MY GARTER: A strange Story of The Met's Badges - By Chris Forester THE UNSUNG HEROES - Michael Matsell MERE MILITARY COLOUR: The State Police & Martial Law - Merle T Cole GUILDFORD'S 1st POLICEMAN - Peter Scholes THE DEATH OF A CHIEF - Graham Borril Lt Col. PULTENEY MALCOLM - Cheshire's Hero JOSEPH BRIGGS: Leicester Military Policeman - Peter Spooner THE OTHER GALLANT 600: The Mets last contribution to the 1st War - Paul Rason

This book provides an account and analysis of the history of the Bow Street Runners, precursors of today's police force. Through a detailed analysis of a wide range of both qualitative and quantitative research data, this book provides a fresh insight into their history, arguing that the use of Bow Street personnel in provincially instigated cases was much more common than has been assumed by many historians. It also demonstrates that the range of activities carried out by Bow Street personnel whilst employed on such cases was far more complex than can be gleaned from the majority of books and articles concerning early nineteenth-century provincial policing, which often do little more than touch on the role of Bow Street. By describing the various roles and activities of the Bow Street Principal Officers with specific regard to cases originating in the provinces it also places them firmly within the wider contexts of provincial law-enforcement and policing history. The book investigates the types of case in which the 'Runners' were involved, who employed them and why, how they operated, including their interaction with local law-enforcement bodies, and how they were perceived by those who utilized their services. It also discusses the legacy of the Principal Officers with regard to subsequent developments within policing. Bow Street Police Office and its personnel have long been regarded by many historians as little more than a discrete and often inconsequential footnote to the history of policing, leading to a partial and incomplete understanding of their work. This viewpoint is challenged in this book, which argues that in several ways the utilization of Principal Officers in provincially instigated cases paved the way for important subsequent developments in policing, especially with regard to detective practices. It is also the first work to provide a clear distinction between the Principal Officers and their less senior colleagues.

This fully updated and expanded second edition of Policing Scotland takes account of recent developments in Scottish policing and criminal justice against the backdrop of a dynamic political landscape and looming fiscal constraints in public services. The book offers contributions from both academics and practitioners, and not only shows police at work in contemporary Scotland, but also gives some insight into those areas where policing is carried out by non-police people and organisations. It seeks to identify what it is about Scottish policing that is distinctly Scottish, the main characteristics of modern policing in Scotland, how these have developed over the recent past, and what they have become today. In answering these questions, the book analyses policing in Scotland in the context of the new and emerging ideas about the nature, purposes and methods of policing that are developing elsewhere in the world, and seeks to determine how far Scottish policing is maintaining its own traditions, or simply becoming a localised example of wider global trends. The second edition of this popular text introduces new chapters on crime investigation, police unionism, ethnic minorities, policing violence and forensic science, as well as incorporating a major new theme which seeks to explain how those responsible for policing Scotland set about dealing with current issues such as terrorism and organised crime. This book makes a significant contribution to the current debate on policing in Scotland, and as such is an essential text for academics and those interested in policing issues.