David Churchill is a Lecturer in Criminal Justice at the University of Leeds. He completed his PhD at The Open University and was Economic History Society Anniversary Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. His research concerns policing, security, and crime control in modern Britain, and he has written several articles on these themes. He also works on urban history and on the uses of historical research in criminology and criminal justice studies. In 2016, he was awarded the Radzinowicz Prize and British Society of Criminology Policing Network Early Career Prize.

[The book} is fluidly and interestingly written, with plenty of colour alongside the more detailed analysis of data. I would urge those interested in the history of policing and crime, in the control of urban space, of everyday life in urban society and of state/social relations, to consult Churchill's study. It is an important book which makes a significant contribution to the history of the Victorian city, and it deserves to be widely read.

• PART ONE; PART TWO; PART THREE

David Churchill is a Lecturer in Criminal Justice at the University of Leeds. He completed his PhD at The Open University and was Economic History Society Anniversary Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. His research concerns policing, security, and crime control in modern Britain, and he has written several articles on these themes. He also works on urban history and on the uses of historical research in criminology and criminal justice studies. In 2016, he was awarded the Radzinowicz Prize and British Society of Criminology Policing Network Early Career Prize.

[The book} is fluidly and interestingly written, with plenty of colour alongside the more detailed analysis of data. I would urge those interested in the history of policing and crime, in the control of urban space, of everyday life in urban society and of state/social relations, to consult Churchill's study. It is an important book which makes a significant contribution to the history of the Victorian city, and it deserves to be widely read.

• PART ONE; PART TWO; PART THREE

David Churchill is a Lecturer in Criminal Justice at the University of Leeds. He completed his PhD at The Open University and was Economic History Society Anniversary Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. His research concerns policing, security, and crime control in modern Britain, and he has written several articles on these themes. He also works on urban history and on the uses of historical research in criminology and criminal justice studies. In 2016, he was awarded the Radzinowicz Prize and British Society of Criminology Policing Network Early Career Prize.

[The book} is fluidly and interestingly written, with plenty of colour alongside the more detailed analysis of data. I would urge those interested in the history of policing and crime, in the control of urban space, of everyday life in urban society and of state/social relations, to consult Churchill's study. It is an important book which makes a significant contribution to the history of the Victorian city, and it deserves to be widely read.

• PART ONE; PART TWO; PART THREE