Clive Emsley and Haia Shpayer-Makov
Ashgate
Hardback
266
2006
Tracing hitherto unexplored aspects of the evolution of official detective agencies between the late eighteenth and the twentieth century this is the first book to discuss detective agencies in a variety of national contexts including England France the U.S.A New Zealand and Germany. The comparative studies included in this collection provide new insights into the development of both plainclothes policing and law enforcement in general illuminating the historical importance of bureaucratic and administrative changes that occurred within the state system.