Crime, Prosecution and Social Relations

DREW GRAY is Senior Lecturer in the History of Crime at the University of Northampton, UK. His latest research project is studying the caseload of a Northamptonshire magistrate in the mid eighteenth century. His second book, London Shadows, a Study of Victorian Crime and Popular Culture, is due for publication in 2011.

Introduction Locating the Summary Courts Policing& Personnel: Constables and the Watching System Property Offending in the City of London Settling their Differences: The Prosecution of Interpersonal Violence Regulating the Streets Quelling the Smithfield Yahoos: Bullock-hunting on the Streets of London The Regulation of Trade and Poverty The People's Courts? Bibliography