Policing the Factory. Theft, private policing and the law in modern England
Details:
- Author(s) Godfrey, Barry, & David J Cox
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2013
- Pages 206pp
- Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Crime & misdemeanour inc fraud, theft & sharp practice
- Name Business interest representation & co-operation
- Name Legal issues
- Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy
- Name Worker / employee management inc control
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Describes private policing by businesses - eg Bank of England, Post Office and other agencies employed to track down and prosecute workplace offenders, notably Worsted Committee, established 1777, closed 1968, formed to suppress fraud in domestic textile industry. Also explores wider implications for civil policing and criminal law