Part 1: Using the criminal law, 1750-1850 - policing, private prosecution and the state, Douglas Hay and Francis Snyder. Part 2 Before the police: print and policing - crime advertising in 18th century provincial England, John Styles good men to associate and bad men to conspire - associations for the prosecution of felons in England, 1760 - 1860, David Philips prosecution associations and their impact in 18th century Essex, P.J.R.King. Part 3 New forces: policing rural Southern England before the police - opinion and practice, 1830 - 1856, Robert D.Storch the social production of Scottish Policing, 1795 - 1900, Kit Carson and Hilary Idzikowska. Part 4 The logic of prosecution: thief-takers in London in the age of the McDaniel Gang, Ruth Paley prosecution and power - malicious prosecution in the English Courts, 1750 - 1850, Douglas Hay prosecutions and their context - the use of the criminal law in later 19th century London, Jennifer S.Davis crown prosecutions in 19th century Ireland, John McEldowney.
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Lenman et al. (1991) studied this question.