Introduction -- The police before the Great War -- Controversies over the war separation allowance -- Policing alcohol -- The rise of women? -- Living costs -- Pensions and philanthropy -- Conscription and the police -- Policing sexual morality -- The police as ploughmen and farm workers -- Flashpoints and tensions -- Youth crime -- The police and food control -- The corrupting effects of the cinema -- Conclusions to policing the home front 1914-1918 -- Appendix 1: The work of michal foucault (1926-1984) -- Index.