Before the Bobbies. The Night Watch and Police Reform in Metropolitan London, 1720-1830

Index 223

crime(s) and criminals, 4, 8, 11, 20--21,
24, 29-31, 38, 53, 58, 110, 120,
132, 137
assault, 16, 25, 67, 72, 80, 119, 126,
161
burglary, 16, 18, 22, 30, 37, 48-9, 63,
78-9, 112, 126, 160--61
causes of, 47, 49, 70, 90, 135, 139
detection of, 1, 13, 22, 29-30, 45,
47-8,58,71-3,75,77-83,86,89,
100, 102, 112-13, 116, 123, 125,
132, 148-9, 152, 160--61, 164-5
fear of, 18, 20--21, 30, 35-7, 40-41,
43-4,57-60,69-71,76,78,80,
84-5, 95-7, 102-4, 108, 123,
126-7, 139, 160, 164
felonies, 21, 59, 126
in Ireland, 126
migration themy of, 29, 42, 78, 131,
135--6, 139, 157
murder, 35,59,95--6,126
prevention of, 1, 9, 12-13, 22, 25,
28-30,35--6,44-5,47-9,56,58,
68-73, 75-78, 80--83, 89, 91,
102, 104, 107, 112-13, 116, 123,
125, 131-3, 135-7, 139-40,
148-9, 151-2, 159--62, 164-5
prostitution, 14, 18, 22, 49, 64, 67,
86, 88,97
property,4, 12,18,20-21,29-30,35,
43-4, 47, 56-7, 59--60, 70-71,
76, 81, 85, 96, 104--6, 113-14,
130, 161, 164
punishments, 45, 49, 54--6, 58-60,
69-71, 75, 77, 112, 129, 140,
149; capital, 20, 30, 58, 68-71,
140; transportation, 20, 50,
58-9; see also hanging; prisons
rates, 5, 18, 20-22, 28-30, 43-4, 49,
58-9, 70-72, 76, 84-5, 95--6, 98,
102--6, 108, 123, 125, 129-30,
136-7, 139-40, 160--61, 164
receiving stolen property, 20, 49,
134-5
robbery, 11-12, 16-18, 22, 29-30,
35--6, 40-42, 47-8, 52, 57-8, 78,
82, 95--6, 114
sedition and seditious libel, 86, 110,
129

smuggling, 25

victims of, 20, 30, 36, 70-71, 81, 95,

113-14, 126

violent, 58-9, 80, 95, 106, 126, 161

see also disorder, riots, vice

criminal justice, 45, 58, 60, 69, 72, 83,

91, 128, 138

criminal law, see law, criminal

crowds, 21,29,30-31,43-4,59-60,87,

105--6, 108-9, 145

see also disorder, protest, riots

Croydon, Surrey, 38

Customs, 25

Daily Gazetteer, 25, 33

Daily Universal Register (continued as

The Times), 62, 67, 74-5

debtors, 37-8

Defects of Police, 71-2

Deptford, see St Nicholas

Desultory Reflections on Police, 72

Devonshire, Duke of, 109

Dickinson, H. T., 32

disorder, 12, 16, 21-2, 24, 30-32, 42,

44,53,59--60,74,84-5,87,104--6,

108-10, 123, 127

see also crime, crowds, riots, strikes,

vice

dissenters, 142, 153

distraint and sale of goods, 12, 18, 156

docks, 33, 76-8, 96

drunkenness, 12, 16, 18, 21-3, 64, 80,

120

see also alcohol, gin, vice

Drury Lane, 7

Dundas, Henry, 80

Dyer, Henry Moreton, 127, 131

Dyson, James, 79

Baling, 131

Earle, Peter, 33

East End, 22, 31, 34, 39, 59--60, 94-5,

102, 105, 157, 163

social character of, 33-4, 92, 101

see also individual parish names

East India Company, 76, 145

East Smithfield, 157

Eastwood, David, 3, 141-3

Egmont, Earl of, 17