Of interest:
https://www.cairn.info/revue-societes-et-representations-2003-2-page-337.htm
https://criminocorpus.hypotheses.org/22260
https://www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/musee/Les-services/Ressources-documentaires/Histoire-de-la-gendarmerie-bilan-bibliographique