Police Courts in Nineteenth-Century Scotland, Volume 1

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Police Courts in Nineteenth-Century Scotland, Volume 1 is written by Professor Susan Broomhall and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1472400666 (ISBN 10) and 9781472400666 (ISBN 13).

Taking the form of two companion volumes, Police Courts in Nineteenth-Century Scotland represents the first major investigation into summary justice in Scottish towns, c.1800 to 1892. Volume 1, with the subtitle Magistrates, Media and the Masses, provides an institutional, social and cultural history of the establishment, development and practice of police courts. It explores their rise, purpose and internal workings, and how justice was administered and experienced by those who attended them in a variety of roles.