History of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and its Colonial Legacy

Anastasia Dukova held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is a policing historian specializing in the history of municipal policing, with a primary focus on Ireland, colonial Australia and Canada.

• PART I: 1780-1880.- 1. Police Organisation, Enlightened Thought, Theories and Context.- 2. ‘Peeling a Charley’: Evolution of Public Opinion.- 3. The Dublin Police in the Making.- 4. Policing a Capital City.- PART II: 1880-1925.- 5. ‘To thrive is an impossibility now’: Policing Recession and Public Unrest.- 6. The DMP in Transition.- 7. The Colonial Beat.- 8. Growth of Anonymity, Urban Crime and Policing.- Conclusion.

“Dr. Dukova’s study compares the DMP with the London Metropolitan Police and two colonial city forces, Toronto and the Brisbane area of Queensland. … A well-researched and really interesting book.” (Police History Society, March, 2017)