Beattie John M. Policing and punishment in London 1660-1750: Urban crime and the limits of terror

Oxford University Press, 2001. — 517 p.Introduction: The crime problem
The city magistrates and the process of prosecution
Constables and other officers
Policing the night streets
Detection and prosecution: thief-takers 1690-1720
The Old Bailey in the late seventeenth century
The revolution, crime and punishment in London, 1690-1713
Crime and the State, 1714-1750
William Thompson and transportation