- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 272 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- First English detectives (Online)
- Alternative Title
- First English detectives (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2011939890
- OCLC
- ssj0000635330
- Author
Beattie, J. M.
- Title
The first English detectives [electronic resource] : the Bow Street Runners and the policing of London, 1750-1840 / J.M. Beattie.
- Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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