Edinburgh Research Explorer Police amalgamation and reform in Scotland Citation for published version: Davidson, N, Jackson, L & Smale, D 2016, 'Police amalgamation and reform in Scotland: The long twentieth century', Scottish Historical Review, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 88-111. https://doi.org/10.3366/shr.2016.0277 Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3366/shr.2016.0277 Link: Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research Explorer Document Version: Peer reviewed version Published In: Scottish Historical Review General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorer content complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright please contact
[email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 05. Oct. 2021 1 NEIL DAVIDSON, LOUISE A. JACKSON AND DAVID M. SMALE Police Amalgamation and Reform in Scotland: The Long Twentieth Century ABSTRACT This article examines shifting debates about police amalgamation and governance reform in Scotland since the mid-nineteenth century in the light of the creation of a single police service (Police Scotland) in 2013. From a proliferation of 89 separate police forces in 1859, the number had been reduced to 48 by 1949 and eight in 1975.