The identification of criminal suspects by policing agents in London, 1780-1850
This thesis examines policing practices, and the impact of these practices on patterns of arrest and prosecution, in London between 1780 and 1850. Scholars have long recognised that the received historical record of crime is a reflection of prosecutions, rather than of criminal activity itself, whic...
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University of Sheffield
2019
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.766564 |