J.M. Beattie, The First English Detectives : The Bow Street Runners and the Policing of London, 1750-1840
The publication of a new book by John Beattie is inevitably a major event in criminal justice history. As a pioneering historian of eighteenth-century crime, law and punishment, his previous works instantly became foundational studies in the field. In this latest offering, Beattie turns his formida...
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| フォーマット: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| 言語: | Anglais |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2013
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| オンライン･アクセス: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| 要約: | The publication of a new book by John Beattie is inevitably a major event in criminal justice history. As a pioneering historian of eighteenth-century crime, law and punishment, his previous works instantly became foundational studies in the field. In this latest offering, Beattie turns his formidable historical acumen to research on the most famous body of police officers prior to the ‘new’ police – the Bow Street runners. The result is an extremely thorough and insightful account of crime ... |
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