Before the Bobbies The Night Watch and Police Reform in Metropolitan
Historians, legal scholars, sociologists and crime readers will learn from this book that modern policing emerged long before Scotland Yard. Police reform developed over decades, the work of local authorities motivated more by fears of property crime than
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BEFORE THE BOBBIES
Before the Bobbies The Night Watch and Police Reform in Metropolitan London, 1720-1830 Elaine A. Reynolds
Associate Professor ofHistory William Jewell College Liberty Missouri USA
© Elaine A. Reynolds 1998 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1998 978-0-333-69936-2
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To all my teachers, especially my parents
Contents List of Maps
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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Westminster, 1720-39
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An Expanding Watch, 1748-76
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Collaboration, 1750-74
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New Means to Old Ends
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The War Years, 1793-1815
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Night Watch to Police, 1811-28
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Why 1829?
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Charlies to Bobbies
Notes
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Select Bibliography
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Index
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List of Maps 1.1
Parochial Night Watch Acts, 1735-1823
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Establishment of the New Police, 1829-30
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Acknowledgements This book came about because I always liked Chief Inspector Parker better than Lord Peter Wimsey. A mystery fan, I was intrigued by fictional Scotland Yard detectives and wanted to know more. So when I had to write a doctoral dissertation, I gravitated to Robert Peel and the origins of the Metropolitan Police. All the work in that project is distilled here. Thus all the gratitude I owe to the people who helped with that is still owed. I would especially like to thank Daniel Baugh for his continued support and encouragement, above and beyond what most doctoral supervisors give. Since completing the dissertation, I have received generous fmancial support from the taxpayers of the state of New York, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and William Jewell College. My debts to many libraries and archives and all their staff are enormous. I would especially like to thank all the local history librarians and archivists all over London. I know their warm welcome was due, in part, to
