THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH ARMS: The Police, Post, Prison, Customs and Private use of Weapons in Britain

Debates about the arming of the British police still continue. This book is the defi nitive history of the weapons used by those who uphold law and order.

This fascinating study examines the use of arms within British society, principally for the protection of life and property, from Medieval and Tudor times to the present day.The author, an acknowledged expert on firearms and the arming of police officers, concentrates upon the evolution of the process of arming public servants within Great Britain and assesses the weapons they were equipped with to uphold the law and maintain the peace.With the establishment of forces employed by government to keep the peace - the most important of these being the police forces that developed in the 19th centruy - the process of arming upholders of law and order became more standardised and law enforcers themselves developed into a distinctive part of the civilian population.

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Product Code:	6340
Author:	Frederick Wilkinson
ISBN:	1 85367 523 7
Format:	304pp, 120 illustrations, hb. Published Price £19.95
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