This work was supported by the Centre de recherche de l’école des officiers
de la gendarmerie nationale (Gendarmerie nationale, CREOGN, Melun,
France); the Paris-Sorbonne Université (commission recherche de l’université,
Centre d’histoire du XIXe siècle, École doctorale 2 histoire
moderne et contemporaine); the Institut de Recherches historiques du
Septentrion (Irhis), U. Lille; the French Service historique de la défense;
the Centre d’histoire du droit et de la justice, UCLouvain; the research
programme “Justice and Population” (Interuniversity Attraction Pole
P7/22, Belgian State—Belgian Science Policy); the Région Nord-Pas-de-
Calais (Accueil “Jeunes Chercheurs 2015”).
We would like to thank Professor Jean-Noël Luc (Paris-Sorbonne
Université) for his long-term help, support and enthusiasm for police
and gendarmerie matters. This book is also in part his book. We must
thank Floriane Avancès, Maëlle Besson, Alexandre Combralier, Maxime
Delaude, Marianne Devillers, Enguerrand Ducourtil, Jean-Gatien
Gilbert, Ladislas Latoch, Gabrielle Legourd, François Mathou, Vincent
Perrot, Laetitia Plaissy and the history graduate students at the Sorbonne
University who assisted with the translation of conference proceedings—
a special thanks goes to Mathilde Lepez who worked on three
chapters. Among our professional translators, Dr. Jean-Baptiste Picy
(Lateral Traductions) provided us with invaluable help in terms of both
his talent and commitment—contributing greatly to make this ambitious
project possible.