The first English detectives : the Bow Street Runners and the policing of London, 1750-1840 /

"This is the first comprehensive study of the 90-year history of the Bow Street Runners, a group of men established in the middle of the eighteenth century by Henry Fielding, with the financial support of the government, to confront violent offenders on the streets and highways around London. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beattie, J. M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Great Britain. > Metropolitan Police Service > History. Great Britain. > Metropolitan Police Service Police > England > London > History. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement. Police England > London Electronic books. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Henry Fielding at Bow Street
John Fielding and the making of the Bow Street Runners, 1754-1765
Detection: the Runners at work, 1765-1792
Prosecution: the runners in court, 1765-1792
Fielding's Legacy: police reform in the 1780s
The Runners in a new age of policing, 1792-1815
Prevention: the Runners in retreat, 1815-1839.