Describe law and order in the late ninteenth century

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Describe law and order in London in the late nineteenth century?

The police force was invented in the nineteenth century.
In 1800 there were two police forces in Britain. The first one is the
bow street runners, which had been invented in 1749; the other was the
Thames River police, which was just two years old. Then the
Metropolitan Police force was set up in 1829. This still exists today.
This police force was created to carry out the functions of both the
watchmen and the special constables. They were to patrol the streets
in order to keep order and prevent crime from occurring. They were also used to tackle
major disturbances such as riots. They were used to stop anti-social
behavior. They had to deal with drunkenness, beggars, vagrants and
prostitutes.

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As time went on the police became increasingly effective during the late nineteenth century, people started to trust and appreciate them more making them more popular eventually leading them to become a large part of law and order this is shown in one of the sources as they are shown in a picture stopping a riot, this is also shown when the crime rates fall down. Also if we take a look back to when the peelers were first introduced we can see how fast people were to judge them before they had even started their work, The sources ...

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