LEADER 04035nam 2200613 i 4500001 99125235439806421 005 20230801220811.0 006 m o d | 007 cr -n--------- 008 190128s2012 enka ob 001 0 eng d 020 0-19-967538-4 020 9786613623812 020 1-280-59398-9 020 0-19-162353-9 035 (CKB)2560000000295301 035 (EBL)886509 035 (OCoLC)782916535 035 (SSID)ssj0000635330 035 (PQKBManifestationID)11392690 035 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635330 035 (PQKBWorkID)10653265 035 (PQKB)11052737 035 (StDuBDS)EDZ0000077405 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC886509 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC5049965 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC7034163 035 (Au-PeEL)EBL7034163 035 (EXLCZ)992560000000295301 040 MiAaPQ |beng |erda |epn |cMiAaPQ |dMiAaPQ 041 eng 043 e-uk-en 050 4 HV8196.L6 |b.B438 2012 082 00 363.20942109034 100 1 Beattie, J. M., |eauthor. 245 14 The first English detectives : |bthe Bow Street Runners and the policing of London, 1750-1840 / |cJ.M. Beattie. 260 Oxford : |bOxford University Press, |c2012. 300 1 online resource (287 p.) 336 text |btxt 337 computer |bc 338 online resource |bcr 490 1 Oxford World's Classics 500 Description based upon print version of record. 505 0 Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Henry Fielding at Bow Street; 3. Sir John Fielding and the Making of the Bow Street Runners, 1754-1765; 1. The early years of the office: structure, personnel, work; 2. Wartime: policing the poor; 3. Postwar: a new plan of police; 4. Detection: The Runners at Work, 1765-1792; 1. A 'transporting and hanging police'?; 2. Detection; 3. Apprehension; 5. Prosecution: The Runners in Court, 1765-1792; 1. Introduction; 2. John Fielding and the Bow Street Magistrates' court; 3. The Brown Bear 505 8 4. The runners in court5. The runners and defence counsel; 6. Conclusion; 6. Fielding's Legacy: Police Reform in the 1780s; 1. The government and policing in the 1780s; 2. The Bow Street patrol; 3. The London and Westminster Police Bill, 1785; 4. The Middlesex Justices Act, 1792; 7. The Runners in a New Age of Policing, 1792-1815; 1. Bow Street and the Police Act; 2. Crime, the runners, and the patrol, 1792-1815; 3. New policing demands; (a) National security; (b) Royal security; (c) Public order; 4. The value of office: 'extraordinary' payments 505 8 8. Prevention: The Runners in Retreat, 1815-18391. London crime in the early nineteenth century; 2. The runners and post-war crime; 3. The limits of police reform, 1815-1822; 4. Sir Robert Peel at the Home Office; 5. The Metropolitan Police Act, 1829; 6. Bow Street and the Metropolitan Police; Epilogue; Bibliography of Manuscript Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y 520 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. They were developed over the following decades by his half-brother, John Fielding, into what became a well-known and stable group of officers who acquired skill and expertise in investigating crime, tracking and arresting offenders, and in presenting evidence at the Old Bailey, the main criminal court in L 546 English 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 588 Description based on print version record. 610 10 Great Britain. |bMetropolitan Police Service |xHistory. 650 0 Police |zEngland |zLondon |xHistory. 776 |z0-19-969516-4 776 |z0-19-173874-3 830 0 Oxford World's Classics 906 BOOK