Policing Cities in Napoleonic Europe

Series Editors’ Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
1 Introduction
	Notes
2 The Police System in the Cities
	The Birth of the System
		The Heritage of the Ancien Régime and the Decade of Revolution
		The Role of Local Elites in Enforcing the System
	The Levels of the Hierarchy Above the Municipal Police System
		The Role of the Prefects and Mayors
		Urban Police, Between Judicial Authorities and Administrative Authorities
	Police Officers in the Cities of the Empire
		The Appointment of Police Commissioners
		Police Commissioners as the Key Function of Urban Policing
		Lower-Rank Police Officers
		Auxiliaries of the Municipal Police
	Conclusion
	Notes
3 The Development of a Professional Culture
	Disciplining Deviant Behaviour Among Police Officers
		Disciplining Police Commissioners
		Disciplining Subordinates Working for the Police
	Bureaucracy and Its Consequences for Urban Policing
		Headquarters, Bureaus and Offices
		Record-Keeping and Police Work
		A Police Officer’s Day and Night
	Material Conditions and the Use of Technologies in Policing
		Ink, Paper and Records
		Staying Informed: Law, Handbooks and Newspapers
		Dress Codes and Uniforms
		Carrying Weapons
		Tools for Outside Work
	Conclusion
	Notes
4 From Cities to Empire: The ‘Imperialization’ of Police Structures
	General Police Officers in the Empire’s Cities
		The Installation of the Functionaries of the General Police
		The Awkward Collaboration Between the High Police Forces and the Municipal Police
		Tasks of the General Police Officers
	Policing the Regime’s Opponents
		Measures Applied by the High Police
		The Surveillance of Public Opinion
		Hunting Suspects
	Conclusion
	Notes
5 Police Work and the People
	Policing with the People
		Snitches and Informers
		Neighbourhood Vigilance, Social Control Practices and Bourgeois Organizations
	Policing Violence and Thefts
		Police Forces as a Regulatory Authority for Interpersonal Violence
		Crimes Against Property and Police Forces
	Policing the Infamous
		Foreigners and Vagrants
		Beggars
		Prostitutes
	Conclusion
	Notes
6 Policing as a Tool for Governing and Improving the City
	Daily Lives on Trial: Simple Police Courts
	Policing Using Decrees
	Cities as Disorderly Places
		Accidents in the Street, Deaths in the City
		Problems with Animals in Cities
		Policing Markets
		Nuisances and Street Cleaning
		Police and Street Lighting
		Policing Behaviour Concerning Theatres and Plays
	Policing Separate Areas
		Policing Ports and Harbours
		Policing Suburban Areas
	Conclusion
	Notes
7 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index Nominarum
Index Locorum