ABSTRACT

The civilian police during the First World War in Great Britain were central to the control of the population at home. This book will show the detail and challenges of police work during the First World War and how this impacted on ordinary people’s daily lives. The aim is to tell the story of the police as they saw themselves through the pages of their best-known journal, The Police Review and Parade Gossip, in addition to a wide range of other published, archival and private sources.

 

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|18 pages

The police before the Great War

chapter 4|21 pages

Policing alcohol

chapter 5|22 pages

The rise of women?

chapter 6|16 pages

Living costs

chapter 7|13 pages

Pensions and philanthropy

chapter 8|27 pages

Conscription and the police

chapter 9|30 pages

Policing sexual morality

chapter 10|21 pages

The police as ploughmen and farm workers

chapter 11|17 pages

Flashpoints and tensions

chapter 12|17 pages

Youth crime

chapter 13|10 pages

The police and food control

chapter 14|8 pages

The corrupting effects of the cinema