An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers

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LibriVox recording of An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers by Henry Fielding. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Early eighteenth century England saw the criminal element bargaining with magistrates and lawyers to be released or receive lenient sentences. Neither party could be trusted and the situation grew worse. Enter famed author Henry Fielding, who had a strong social conscience and served as a magistrate. In addition to this treatise, he began a register of convicted criminals, and recruited six full-time, paid constables - known colloquially as "The Bow Street Runners" and hailed as the forerunners of the modern police force. - Summary by Lynne Thompson For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (115MB)

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Henry Fielding

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Crime; police; corruption; robbery; magistrates

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