The Metropolitan Police Act Of 1829 Pri
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Volume 55
Issue 1 March
Article 18
Spring 1964
The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829
J. L. Lyman
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J. L. Lyman, The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829, 55 J. Crim. L. Criminology & Police Sci. 141 (1964)
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POLICE SCIENCE
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE ACT OF 1829:
An Analysis of Certain Events Influencing the Passage and Character of the
Metropolitan Police Act in England
J. L. LYMAN
J. L. Lyman, D. Pub. Adm. (Oxon.) is an Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science,
Youngstown (Ohio) University. In addition to graduate study in history and political institutions at
London University, Dr. Lyman spent time as an observer with the Metropolitan Police and various other English police units. In 1958 she lectured before the Ohio Chiefs of Police Association on the
Organization and Administration of the Metropolitan Police, and has published articles in several other professional journals.-EDroR.
The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 introduced a centralized and unified system of police in
England. The Act constituted a revolution in traditional methods of law enforcement.
The purpose of this paper is to examine certain events which the writer feels were responsible for the eventual legislative action that established the Metropolitan Police and its development as a civilian police. The scope of the paper is limited to
Metropolitan London. The Metropolitan Police of
London became the model for subsequent national police reform.
In considering
Volume 55
Issue 1 March
Article 18
Spring 1964
The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829
J. L. Lyman
Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/jclc
Part of the Criminal Law Commons, Criminology Commons, and the Criminology and Criminal
Justice Commons
Recommended Citation
J. L. Lyman, The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829, 55 J. Crim. L. Criminology & Police Sci. 141 (1964)
This Criminology is brought to you for free and open access by Northwestern University School of Law Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology by an authorized administrator of Northwestern University School of Law Scholarly Commons.
POLICE SCIENCE
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE ACT OF 1829:
An Analysis of Certain Events Influencing the Passage and Character of the
Metropolitan Police Act in England
J. L. LYMAN
J. L. Lyman, D. Pub. Adm. (Oxon.) is an Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science,
Youngstown (Ohio) University. In addition to graduate study in history and political institutions at
London University, Dr. Lyman spent time as an observer with the Metropolitan Police and various other English police units. In 1958 she lectured before the Ohio Chiefs of Police Association on the
Organization and Administration of the Metropolitan Police, and has published articles in several other professional journals.-EDroR.
The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 introduced a centralized and unified system of police in
England. The Act constituted a revolution in traditional methods of law enforcement.
The purpose of this paper is to examine certain events which the writer feels were responsible for the eventual legislative action that established the Metropolitan Police and its development as a civilian police. The scope of the paper is limited to
Metropolitan London. The Metropolitan Police of
London became the model for subsequent national police reform.
In considering