How had Policing and Crime Changed by the Middle of the 19th Century?

... How had Policing and Crime Changed by the Middle of the 19th Century? Policing and Crime had changed dramatically by the middle of the 19th century. Policing in the earlier years was a very different matter. During the 1700s old methods of policing continued, they had been in place for centuries. Constables and Watchmen were appointed in villages and towns. These were very ineffective. There was very few men who could do the job and the ones that did were always very tired because they had full time jobs as well. Constables didn't have success in cities. Places like London were always crowded with house and back alleys where criminals could hide. At the beginning of the 19th century new methods of policing began to be tried out. In 1805 two magistrates made a breakthrough in policing. John Fielding and his brother Henry were based in Bow street and realised more men were

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