First English Detectives - The Bow Street Runners and the Policing of London, 1750-1840

This is the first comprehensive study of the Bow Street Runners, a group of men established in the middle of the eighteenth century by Henry Fielding to confront violent offenders on the streets and highways around London.

About the author

The late J. M. Beattie was born in England in 1932 and emigrated to the US in 1949. He studied at the University of San Francisco (BA, 1954), the University of California, Berkeley (MA, 1956), and Cambridge (Ph.D, 1963). He taught in the History Department and the Centre of Criminology at the University of Toronto from 1961 to his retirement in 1997. He has published The English Court in the Reign of George I (1967 and 2008), Crime and the Courts in England, 1660-1800 (1986), and Policing and Punishment in London, 1660-1750: Urban Crime and the Limits of Terror (2001).

Summary

This is the first comprehensive study of the Bow Street Runners, a group of men established in the middle of the eighteenth century by Henry Fielding to confront violent offenders on the streets and highways around London.

Additional text

This book offers a sophisticated and lively account of eighteenth-century policing and the path to reform ... we have Beattie to thank for another impressive book

Product details

• Authors: J. M. Beattie, J. M. (Professor Emeritus Beattie, Beattie J. M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2014
• EAN: 9780199675388
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967538-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; London, Greater London, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Police & security services, Police and security services, C 1700 To C 1800