TY - BOOK AU - Abbott,Robert J. TI - Policemen of the Tsar: Local Police in an Age of Upheaval T2 - Historical Studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia Series SN - 9789633865767 PY - 2022/// CY - Budapest PB - Central European University Press KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Front matter -- Half-title -- Series title page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures and Maps -- Preface -- Glossary of Russian Police Terms -- Chapter 1: The Local Police at Mid-Century -- Critical Mission, Weak Force -- Organization, Numbers, and Qualifications -- Particular Performance Problems -- Obstacles to Reform and Improving Prospects -- Chapter 2: The Rural Police -- Differing and Complementary Approaches -- Rising and Receding Reform -- Chapter 3: Metropolitan and Municipal Police -- More Police versus More Reform -- Expansion in St. Petersburg -- Karakozov and Trepov -- The Neglected City Police -- Chapter 4: From Stalemate to Forced Resolution -- The Polish Police Model -- The Commission on Provincial and County Institutions Reassembled -- On a Treadmill of Proposals -- Police Expansion at Gunpoint -- Chapter 5: A Police Balance Sheet -- New Units, New Weapons -- Numbers, Qualifications, and Workload -- International Comparisons -- Performance against Crime -- Performance of Non-Crime Duties -- Summing Up -- Chapter 6: Consequences and Implications -- Ministerial Gains, Loss of Local Control -- Rural Lawlessness and the Lack of Non-Military Force -- Damage to Center, Zemstvos, and Courts -- Impeding Liberalizing Reforms -- Implications for the Tsarist System -- Appendix: Police in the Borderlands -- The Baltic Provinces -- The Caucasus -- Central Asia -- Congress Poland -- Siberia -- Impact and Implications -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6978221 ER -