Bücher von Patrick Colquhoun

1815. A Treatise On The Wealth, Power And Resources Of The British Empire in Every Quarter of the World, Including the East Indies: the Rise and Progress of the Funding system Explained with Observations on the National Resources for the Beneficial Employment of a Redundant Population, and for Rewarding the Military and Naval Officers, Soldiers, and Seamen, for their Services to their Country During the Late War. Illustrated by Copious Statistical Tables, Constructed on a New Plan and Exhibiting a Collected View of the Different Subjects discussed in this Work.

Patrick Colquhoun (1745-1820) was one of the founders, in 1798, of the Thames River Police. Initially a merchant based in Glasgow, he later moved to London and was appointed as a magistrate in the East End. In 1796, he published (anonymously) a report on the types of crime in the capital, and the need for regulation of the behaviour of the inhabitants to suppress it. The work examines the different categories of crime in London, such as illegal trading in the docks, fraud, burglary, and robbery. Later chapters discuss the issue of punishment as well as the changes Colquhoun believed were required in the existing police force. In this 1797 fourth edition - one of six later editions that were published by 1799 - Colquhoun added a lengthy exposition on gambling. Although many of his measures were considered unworkable, Colquhoun's ideas played an important part in the development of modern policing.