Policemen of the Tsar : Local Police in an Age of Upheaval.

By: Abbott, Robert JMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Historical Studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia SeriesPublisher: Budapest : Central European University Press, 2022Copyright date: �2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (235 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789633865767Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Policemen of the TsarOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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