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A policeman's paradise? : policing a stable society, 1918-1945 / Graeme Dunstall.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The history of policing in New Zealand ; v. 4.Publisher: Palmerston North [New Zealand] : Dunmore Press in association with the Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1999Copyright date: ©1999Description: xii, 528 pages, [60] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0864693567 (hbk.)
  • 9780864693563 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Policing a stable society, 1918-1945
  • Policing a stable society, nineteen eighteen - nineteen forty five
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.20993 23
Contents:
Part One: Continuities -- A time of 'stress and difficulty' (1918-21) -- A 'Cinderella department' (1922-35) -- Careers and community -- Part Two: Patterns of policing -- The broad patterns -- City constables -- Detectives -- Policing gambling -- Suburban and country constables -- Supervision -- Political surveillance (1919-35) -- Part Three: Transitions -- False dawn (1936-39) -- Policing the home front (1939-45) -- Conclusion : A policeman's paradise? -- Appendix : Ministers in charge of the Police Department (1918-1949).
Summary: Traces the changes in policing, and in New Zealand society, from the 1918 influenza epidemic to the end of the Second World War. Economic depressions and civil unrest punctuated this period and the police themselves experienced staff shortages and problems of morale. This book discusses important developments in police practice: the appointment of women police, the introduction of a 48-hour week, the organisation of an association for officers, and the assumption of responsibility for political surveillance.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One: Continuities -- A time of 'stress and difficulty' (1918-21) -- A 'Cinderella department' (1922-35) -- Careers and community -- Part Two: Patterns of policing -- The broad patterns -- City constables -- Detectives -- Policing gambling -- Suburban and country constables -- Supervision -- Political surveillance (1919-35) -- Part Three: Transitions -- False dawn (1936-39) -- Policing the home front (1939-45) -- Conclusion : A policeman's paradise? -- Appendix : Ministers in charge of the Police Department (1918-1949).

Traces the changes in policing, and in New Zealand society, from the 1918 influenza epidemic to the end of the Second World War. Economic depressions and civil unrest punctuated this period and the police themselves experienced staff shortages and problems of morale. This book discusses important developments in police practice: the appointment of women police, the introduction of a 48-hour week, the organisation of an association for officers, and the assumption of responsibility for political surveillance.

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