Inside the Mind of a Victorian Policeman Essays -- Victorian Era

Devoid of the Domestic Inside the Mind of a tight-laced officerFor many early Victorians, policing was a new and low-status occupation. Few men became policeman for positive reasons (Taylor 49).Construction of the Typical Police OfficerSeveral criteria apply to the Victorian police officer * Policemen were typically involved in trade and were part of the lower middle class o In Staffordshire, miners, shoemakers, brickmakers, moulders, puddlers, potters, engine drivers and even a printer joined the force (Taylor 48). o The occupational background of the police officer, while quite diverse, composed of a large portion of agricultural laborers (48). This is due to industrialization and mechanization of agriculture during the Victorian Era fewer rural laborers were needed. * Policemen were typically young In the Metropolitan Police the mean age of recruits condemnable to twenty-four in 1850 (Taylor 49). * Policemen were typically single Many forces quite explicitly stated in their recuiting campaigns that married men need n...