Rural Disorder and Police Reform in Ireland, 1812-36 Contributor(s): Broeker, Galen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138939110 ISBN-13: 9781138939110 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland - Social Science | Criminology - Business & Economics |
Dewey: 363.2 |
Series: Routledge Library Editions: The History of Crime and Punishm |
Physical Information: 262 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In this book which was first published in 1970, author Galen Broeker traces the events of a crucial period in the struggle of the British government to bring law and order to rural Ireland. He demonstrates that throughout the forty years following the union a major challenge to government in Ireland was the sporadic violence that seemed endemic to the rural south and west. Organizations of Irish peasants terrorized the countryside in protest against a political and economic system that seemed to threaten their very existence. The formation in 1814 of the Peace Preservation Force is examined. This was the first in a long series of experiments aimed at an efficient and impartial system of law enforcement. This title will be of interest to student of history and criminology. |