The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Policing
The increased use of machines and the division of labor allowed for the production of standardized products. It also made it easier to fence stolen goods.
Source: The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Policing – JSTOR Daily
April 17, 2024 @ 12:47 pm
I disagree… previously the milita handled violent crime… or the sheriff/ mayor formed a posse… in areas of high crime the king would appoint a provost marshal (where we get out marshals from) and they had the power to deputize locals in order to enforce the laws… most communities had a night watch- a shared duty amongst the local men or a hired watchman(or men)…. this was formalized into actual police forces by the crown… first in Scotland then in Ireland- note it was in response to the rapid growth of the population as the countryside emptied into the cities creating a vast impoverished unemployed populous… London est its police force (by the same man responsible for the earlier ones) under Sir Robert Peeler… yes the industrial revolution created the need- but not due to theft but from violent crime and disorder created by those unemployed by the industrialization of the nation… and this is well documented.