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 show us that people call the police a joke and a waste of money this was to be expected due to crime being high and nothing being done about it so people thought nothing could be done, So before they had even started they had opposition against them. But as the nineteenth progressed the police become more effective and due to this they gained more respect and authority this was shown in the source as people started saying they became more effective.
Also due to the bloody code being abolished more crimes were being committed due to people not being scared of the consequences, this increased crime rates and frightened and worried the government, so in order to maintain peace and law the police were created in order to intercept and stop criminals in the act of committing a crime this way other criminals would think before they committed crimes.
As the years progressed crime rate slowly fell due to the effectiveness of policing, the police used various techniques to make sure the public could recognize and like them they used non violent arrests to make sure the public have a positive view towards them and they also wore a uniform to make sure they could be easily identified. They also introduced prisons after the bloody code was abolished this played a big role in decreasing crime due to criminals not wanting to stay in a cell.
Poverty was a main factor in crime and punishment, due to more than 25% of the population living below subsistence level people were forced to commit crimes to survive
This was taken from (localhistories.org), this was to be expected to due people not being helped and had to do it because they had family and friends to take care of. If they were helped by the government then they wouldn’t need to be doing this by they have no choice but to do it.