Property Crime in London, 1850–Present

1. Introduction: “Crime There Will Ever Be”
William M. Meier

2. Burglary in the Era of the “English Miracle,” 1850–1900
William M. Meier

3. “Adapting the Machine to Meet Them”: Traveling Thieves and the Transformation of Police Power, 1900–1939
William M. Meier

4. Women, Work, and Shoplifting in London, ca. 1890–1940
William M. Meier

5. Aristocrats of Crime: Confidence Men in the Interwar Years
William M. Meier

6. Robbery and the Making of the English Criminal Class, 1945–1975
William M. Meier

7. The Empire Connection: Smugglers and the Modernization of the British Drugs Market
William M. Meier

8. Conclusion: The Ubiquity of Crime
William M. Meier

Nyckelord: History, History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Cultural History, Sociology of Culture, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Historiography and Method