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Police and Community in 20th-Century Scotland: Historical Perspectives

Explore the relationship between police and community in 20th-century Scotland, examining historical mapping, origins of community policing, and contributing to current debates. Utilize various historical records, interviews, and comparative analysis between Highland counties and Glasgow.

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Police and Community in 20th-Century Scotland: Historical Perspectives

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  1. Historical Perspectives: the relationship between police and community in twentieth-century Scotland Leverhulme Trust RPG-387 Richard Sparks, Neil Davidson (Law) Louise Jackson, Linda Fleming, Davie Smale (History)

  2. Our project: police and community in C20th Scotland • Historical mapping of relationship between police officers and the diverse urban and rural communities they served • To historicise our understanding of ‘Community Policing’ (origins; mythologies) • To contribute to current debates about local policing and community policing

  3. Our project: methods • Historical records Personnel records Station occurrence books Published memoirs Newspapers - Mitchell Library Glasgow - Highland Archives - National Registers of Scotland • 40 Interviews • Recruited through RPOAS • Highlandsand islands; Glasgow and Lanarkshire • Youngest born 1924, began service in 1945

  4. Today’s presentation • Highland and islands • Idealisation of the village bobby (progenitor of ‘community policing’) • What were characteristics of the model of policing delivered in these areas? • How different were they to the experience of urban policing in Scotland? • How did they change? • Strengths and weaknesses: what can we learn from this?

  5. Table A: comparison of Highland counties and Glasgow c. 1900-1950

  6. Table A (cont.)

  7. Table B: Changes in Highland counties by late C20th

  8. Table C: Strengths and weakness of earlier model of policing for building trust and legitimacy

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