A TREATISE ON THE POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS
Written by Patrick Colquhoun
Published by Patterson Smith
in 1969
ISBN: 0875850421
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A TREATISE ON THE POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS
Written by Patrick Colquhoun.
Stock no. 1820998
1st thus.
1969.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Publication No. 42: Patterson Smith Reprint Series in Criminology, Law Enforcement, and Social Problems. Reprinted from the seventh London edition, 1806. Burgundy cloth boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0875850421. Boards lightly scuffed. Corners bumped. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Text block lightly browned.
Front cover
Contents
- Chap. I General View of Existing Evils
- Chap. II On the System of Punishments: Theoretically Considered
- Chap. III The Cause and Progress of Small Thefts
- Chap. IV On Burglaries and Highway Robberies
- Chap. V On Cheats and Swindlers
- Chap. VI On Gaming and the Lottery
- Chap. VII On the Coinage of Counterfeit Money
- Chap. VIII On River Plunder
- Chap. IX On Plunder in the Dock-Yards, &c.
- Chap. X On the Receivers of Stolen Goods
- Chap. XI On the Origin of Criminal Offences
- Chap. XII The Origin of Crimes Continued: Female Prostitution
- Chap. XIII The Origin of Crimes Continued: State of the Poor
- Chap. XIX On the Detection of Offenders
- Chap. XV On the Prosecution of Offenders
- Chap. XVI On the System of Punishments Considered Practically
- Chap. XVII Criminal Police of the Metropolis
- Chap. XVIII Proposed system of Criminal Police
- Chap. XIX Municipal Police of the Metropolis
- Chap. XX Conclusion