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Most Assuredly Perpetual Motion: Police and Policing in Quebec City, 1838-58
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Most Assuredly Perpetual Motion: Police and Policing in Quebec City, 1838-58
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| Abstract |
An examination of the evolution of the structure and function of Quebec City’s police force during the mid-nineteenth century. The force was originally conceived as an instrument of British authority. It was later remodeled, but the structure of Quebec society and the limitations of municipal power insured that the police force was more concerned with routine service functions than with social control. The author argues that the social conditions of the city played a larger role in shaping the police force than the theories of police reformers. Irish Quebecers made up a large proportion of the city's police force.
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Urban History Review/Revue d’histoire urbaine
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Vol. 19
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no. 2
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100-112
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October 1993
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en
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McCulloch, Michael. “Most Assuredly Perpetual Motion: Police and Policing in Quebec City, 1838-58.” Urban History Review/Revue d’histoire urbaine Vol. 19, no. 2 (October 1993): 100–112. http://www.erudit.org/revue/uhr/1990/v19/n2/1017678ar.pdf.
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