Policing Chartism, 1839-1848: The Role of the 'Specials' Reconsidered

Swift, Roger

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“…The role of the contemporary special constabulary, trained volunteer police officers, continues to be focused on supporting, working alongside, and supplementing regular police officers conducting their lawful duties (Newburn, 2008; Stuart, 2008). The volunteer special constabulary has a long history, it was first formally recognized in 1662 (Swift, 2007). In 1831, the role of the special constabulary was brought more in line with that of a police officer, when on-duty special constables were given the same warranted powers as a regular police officer.…”

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Volunteer Police: What Predicts Confidence in Training?

Dobrin

Wolf

Pepper

et al. 2017

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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Volunteer police are used in both the United States and the Unite Kingdom to expand the services provided by full-time police personnel. The models of volunteer policing that have developed in the United States and the United Kingdom are based on the same concept, but differ in their level of operational preparedness and training. The utilization and confidence of these volunteer police in performing the functions of the police has been understudied. This current study builds on previous studies to develop a broader understanding of the confidence in training of part-time volunteer police officers by using a convenience sampling of three U.K. Northern Police Forces and three U.S. Florida Sheriff’s Offices. Results show the impact of individual-level variables on confidence in training preparation, with time since initial training having the largest impact. Later formal professional training appears to have little to no impact on confidence. Limitations and policy implications are discussed.

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Section: Review Of the Literaturementioning

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Volunteer Police: What Predicts Confidence in Training?

Dobrin

Wolf

Pepper

et al. 2017

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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“…Reports of coroners' inquests are essential sources for the study of the history of violent death, argues Fisher, but levels of murder, suicide, and accidents may be significantly under recorded in such sources because of a variety of pressures and restrictions under which coroners operated in the 1840s and 1850s. Radical disorder receives attention from Swift, who throws light on a neglected aspect of the policing of Chartist disturbances—the employment of special constables—whose powers were extended by a statute of 1831 which permitted Justices of the Peace to appoint as many as they deemed sufficient to maintain public order. Custer, meanwhile, gets to grips with what Anna Clark has called the ‘fatal flaws of misogyny and patriarchy’ ( The struggle for the breeches: gender and the making of the British working‐class , 1995, p. 271) which have obscured the role of women in English working‐class radicalism between 1770 and 1820; and Blackstock focuses on the ‘Tommy Downshires’, an early nineteenth‐century Ulster protest group, suggesting that not all such groups were sectarian in nature.…”

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Review of periodical literature published in 2007

Pratt¹,

Schofield²,

French³

et al. 2009

The Economic History Review

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“…From its inception in seventeenth-century England, the volunteer police service (the special constabulary) has been heavily relied upon to enforce the law (Swift, 2007). In 1831 the role of the part-time volunteer police officer was brought more into line with that of the then regular police constable across England and Wales.…”

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Do Part-Time Volunteer Police Officers Aspire to Be Regular Police Officers?

Pepper

2014

The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles

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The freeze and now gradual thaw on regular police officer recruitment has meant that the role of the volunteer police officer (or special constable), has become increasingly important to the police service. This pool of over 19,000 part-time volunteer police officers is viewed by many within the police service as a potential recruiting ground for new regular officers. A research study was conducted over six months following a group of new part-time volunteer police officers as they were first exposed to operational policing. The research utilised a range of methods to gather data on their initial and changing motivations and career aspirations. The research confirmed that the role is viewed by many of the volunteer police officers sampled as a means through which they may gain employment as regular police officers and generally their motivations to achieve this policing role are high. The part-time volunteers also reported using this experience to help them decide if a full-time policing career is for them.

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Policing Chartism, 1839-1848: The Role of the 'Specials' Reconsidered

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Volunteer Police: What Predicts Confidence in Training?

Volunteer Police: What Predicts Confidence in Training?

Review of periodical literature published in 2007

Do Part-Time Volunteer Police Officers Aspire to Be Regular Police Officers?

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